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WEB APPLICATION VULNERABILITIES Standard & Premium

Joomla Cryptographic Issues Vulnerability (CVE-2008-4122)

Description

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.

Remediation

References

CVE-2008-4122

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Severity

Medium

Classification

CVE-2008-4122

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities

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