Joomla CMS 1.5.8 cryptographic issues

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A vulnerability was found in Joomla CMS 1.5.8 (Content Management System). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issues vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-310. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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 session.

The weakness was published 12/19/2008 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-4122 since 09/18/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 04/21/2019). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (47405).

Productinfo

Type

Content Management System

Vendor

Joomla

Name

Version

1.5.8

License

open-source

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cryptographic issues
CWE: CWE-310
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/18/2008 🔍
12/16/2008 +89 days 🔍
12/19/2008 +3 days 🔍
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03/17/2015 +355 days 🔍
04/21/2019 +1496 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: joomla.org

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-4122 (🔍)
X-Force: 47405
Vulnerability Center: 43789 - Joomla! 1.5-1.5.8 Remote Session Hijacking Vulnerability when Site Runs in SSL Only Mode, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 04/21/2019 11:45
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (53), 04/21/2019 11:45 (1)
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