CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-4103
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-09-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The mailto (aka com_mailto) component in Joomla! 1.5 before 1.5.7 sends e-mail messages without validating the URL, which allows remote attackers to transmit spam.
Affected configurations
• joomla com mailto
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/273-20080903-core-commailto-spam.html developer.joomla.org
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122115344915232&w=2 marc.info
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122118210029084&w=2 marc.info
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152798516853&w=2 marc.info
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31789 secunia.com
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4275 securityreason.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45070 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/273-20080903-core-commailto-spam.html developer.joomla.org
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122115344915232&w=2 marc.info
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122118210029084&w=2 marc.info
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152798516853&w=2 marc.info
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31789 secunia.com
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4275 securityreason.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45070 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com