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Joomla Configuration Vulnerability (CVE-2008-3228)

Description

Joomla! before 1.5.4 does not configure .htaccess to apply certain security checks that "block common exploits" to SEF URLs, which has unknown impact and remote attack vectors.

Remediation

References

CVE-2008-3228

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2008-3228

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities

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