CVE-2009-4578 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Facileforms (com_facileforms) component for Joomla! and Mambo allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Itemid parameter to index.php.

Published: 2010-01-06

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 1.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mambo-foundation:mambo::::::::

cpe:2.3:a:facileforms:facileforms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2009-4544	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Facileforms (com_facileforms) component for Joomla! and Mambo allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Itemid parameter to index.php.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01475.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.org/0912-exploits/joomlafacileforms-xss.txt
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10737
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37477
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55133

History

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Subscriptions

Facileforms Facileforms

Joomla Joomla\!

Mambo-foundation Mambo

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2010-01-06T21:33:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T07:08:38.488Z

Reserved: 2010-01-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-4578

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-01-06T22:00:09.450

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:13:55.840

Link: CVE-2009-4578

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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