{"id":"CVE-2009-3946","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2009-3946","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:41:51.645Z","title":"Joomla! before 1.5.15 allows remote attackers to read an extension's XML file, and thereby obtain the extension's version number, via a direct request.","description":"Joomla! before 1.5.15 allows remote attackers to read an extension's XML file, and thereby obtain the extension's version number, via a direct request.","published":"2009-11-16T20:30:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:12:41.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-200"],"affected":["joomla/joomla\\!"],"epss":{"score":0.01218,"percentile":0.68441,"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":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.22%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/306-20091103-core-xml-file-read-issue.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/37262","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/59800","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54160","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/306-20091103-core-xml-file-read-issue.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/37262","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/59800","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54160","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3946","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."}