FKIE_CVE-2009-3945

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-11-16 20:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:12
Severity
Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in the Front-End Editor in the com_content component in Joomla! before 1.5.15 allows remote authenticated users, with Author privileges, to replace the articles of an arbitrary user via unknown vectors.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://developer.joomla.org/security/news/305-20091103-core-front-end-editor-issue-.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/59801
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/37262Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54161
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/305-20091103-core-front-end-editor-issue-.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/59801
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/37262Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54161
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
joomla joomla\! *
joomla joomla\! 1.5.0
joomla joomla\! 1.5.1
joomla joomla\! 1.5.2
joomla joomla\! 1.5.3
joomla joomla\! 1.5.4
joomla joomla\! 1.5.5
joomla joomla\! 1.5.6
joomla joomla\! 1.5.7
joomla joomla\! 1.5.8
joomla joomla\! 1.5.9
joomla joomla\! 1.5.10
joomla joomla\! 1.5.11
joomla joomla\! 1.5.12
joomla joomla\! 1.5.13
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