Vulnerability CVE-2008-4122
Published: 2008-12-19   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Joomla: Session hijacking vulnerability
Hanno Boeck
17.12.2008

Type:

CWE-310

 (Cryptographic Issues)

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 -> Joomla 

 References:
http://int21.de/cve/CVE-2008-4122-joomla.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4794
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499295/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499354/100/0/threaded
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