01 Record
CVE-2008-4122
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 69.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-12-19 17:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:08Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-09-18
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-319Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive InformationBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 00cb7bd5fb48d6c791f6cf5f48fd1b498099c3f33421c323f4ce2c8d5e2c2f32
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com20081218 Re: Joomla: Session hijacking vulnerability, CVE-2008-4122http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499354/100/0/threaded
- securityreason.com4794http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4794
- www.securityfocus.com20081216 Joomla: Session hijacking vulnerability, CVE-2008-4122http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499295/100/0/threaded
- int21.dehttp://int21.de/cve/CVE-2008-4122-joomla.html