{"id":"CVE-2008-4105","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-4105","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:44:28.054Z","title":"1.5 before 1.5.7 does not sanitize variables that were set with JRequest::setVar, which allows remote attackers to conduct \"variable injection\" attacks and have unspecified other impact.","description":"JRequest in Joomla! 1.5 before 1.5.7 does not sanitize variables that were set with JRequest::setVar, which allows remote attackers to conduct \"variable injection\" attacks and have unspecified other impact.","published":"2008-09-18T17:59:33.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:57:11.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["joomla/joomla"],"epss":{"score":0.017,"percentile":0.77047,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.70%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/271-20080901-core-jrequest-variable-injection.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122115344915232&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122118210029084&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152798516853&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31789","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4275","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1020843","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45069","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/271-20080901-core-jrequest-variable-injection.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122115344915232&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122118210029084&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152798516853&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31789","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4275","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1020843","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45069","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4105","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}