CVE-2008-1848 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.4% (pctl 73)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the joomlaXplorer (com_joomlaxplorer) Mambo/Joomla! component 1.6.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the error parameter in a show_error action to index.php.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 1.45% — more likely to be exploited than 73% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-04-16 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| joomla | joomla |
| joomlacode | joomlaexplorer |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Joomla! Component JoomlaXplorer 1.6.2 - Remote s | 2008-04-11 |
References
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