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CVE-2009-4255

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-12-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the You!Hostit! template 1.0.1 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the created_by_alias parameter in index.php.

Affected products

• Youjoomla You!Hostit!: 1.0.1

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/37601
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10301
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54570
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37601
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10301
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54570

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