CVE-2008-6882 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 2.3% (pctl 83)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Live Chat (com_livechat) component 1.0 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to use the xmlhttp.php script as an open HTTP proxy to hide network scanning activities or scan internal networks via a GET request with a full URL in the query string.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 2.29% — more likely to be exploited than 83% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-07-30 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| joomla | joomla |
| joompolitan | com livechat |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Joomla! Component live chat - SQL Injection / Open Proxy | 2008-12-12 |
References
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