CVE-2008-3228 (GCVE-0-2008-3228)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-07-18 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:28
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Summary
Joomla! before 1.5.4 does not configure .htaccess to apply certain security checks that "block common exploits" to SEF URLs, which has unknown impact and remote attack vectors.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2008-07-12 00:00
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