CVE-2008-4122 (GCVE-0-2008-4122)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-12-19 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:08
VLAI
Summary
Joomla! 1.5.8 does not set the secure flag for the session cookie in an https session, which makes it easier for remote attackers to capture this cookie by intercepting its transmission within an http session.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2350 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499354/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4794 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499295/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://int21.de/cve/CVE-2008-4122-joomla.html x_refsource_MISC
Date Public
2008-12-16 00:00
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