Vulnerability CVE-2008-4103
Published: 2008-09-18   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The mailto (aka com_mailto) component in Joomla! 1.5 before 1.5.7 sends e-mail messages without validating the URL, which allows remote attackers to transmit spam.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
joomla multiple vuln.
Emanuele Genti...
20.09.2008

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Joomla -> Com mailto 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45070
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4275
http://secunia.com/advisories/31789
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152798516853&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122118210029084&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122115344915232&w=2
http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/273-20080903-core-commailto-spam.html
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