{"id":"CVE-2009-1499","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2009-1499","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:39:34.010Z","title":"SQL injection vulnerability in the MailTo (aka com_mailto) component in Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the article parameter in index.php.","description":"SQL injection vulnerability in the MailTo (aka com_mailto) component in Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the article parameter in index.php.  NOTE: SecurityFocus states that this issue has been disputed by the vendor.","published":"2009-05-01T16:30:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:07:24.000Z","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-89"],"affected":["joomla/joomla\\!","joomla/com mailto"],"epss":{"score":0.01836,"percentile":0.78794,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2009-04-08","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":8366,"kind":"exploit","title":"Joomla! Component MailTo - 'article' SQL Injection","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8366","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/8366.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/8366.txt","published":"2009-04-08","added":"2009-04-07","updated":null,"author":"H!tm@N","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-54198","CVE-2009-1499"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 1.8%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34433","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8366","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34433","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8366","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1499","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."}