CVE-2009-4579 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Artist avenue (com_artistavenue) component for Joomla! and Mambo allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Itemid parameter to index.php.

Published: 2010-01-06

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:joomla:com_artistavenue:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mambo-foundation:mambo::::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2009-4545	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Artist avenue (com_artistavenue) component for Joomla! and Mambo allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Itemid parameter to index.php.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00014.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.org/0912-exploits/joomlaartistavenue-xss.txt
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10818
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37537
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55214

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Joomla Com Artistavenue Joomla\!

Mambo-foundation Mambo

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2010-01-06T21:33:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T07:08:37.997Z

Reserved: 2010-01-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-4579

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-01-06T22:00:09.713

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-4579

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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