CVE-2008-1848 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the joomlaXplorer (com_joomlaxplorer) Mambo/Joomla! component 1.6.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the error parameter in a show_error action to index.php

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MEDIUM

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the joomlaXplorer (com_joomlaxplorer) Mambo/Joomla! component 1.6.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the error parameter in a show_error action to index.php

Published Apr 16, 2008

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.44%

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the joomlaXplorer (com_joomlaxplorer) Mambo/Joomla! component 1.6.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the error parameter in a show_error action to index.php.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.44% 0.01445

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01445

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.44% (0.01445)	72.32th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.44% (0.01445)	69.74th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Nov 28, 2025	3.13% (0.03130)	86.34th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	1.02% (0.01017)	75.64th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.21% (0.00206)	59.48th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.20% (0.00199)	55.99th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	58.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	56.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (3)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28746
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41779
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5431
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28746		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41779		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5431		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 16, 2008

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Apr 16, 2008

Link CVE-2008-1848

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-1848

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-1848