Description
Joomla! Core is prone to a session hijacking vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to access another user's session, thus giving them the opportunity to do anything the affected user is authorized to do. Joomla! Core versions 1.5.x ranging from 1.5.0 and up to and including 1.5.8 are vulnerable.
Remediation
Update to Joomla! Core version 1.5.9 or latest
References
http://int21.de/cve/CVE-2008-4122-joomla.html
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/287-20090101-core-jsession-ssl-session-disclosure.html
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