CVE-2008-6882 — Live Chat (com_livechat) component 1.0 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to use the xmlhttp.php script as an open HTTP proxy to hide network scanning activities or scan internal networks via a GET request with a full URL in the query string

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Live Chat (com_livechat) component 1.0 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to use the xmlhttp.php script as an open HTTP proxy to hide network scanning activities or scan internal networks via a GET request with a full URL in the query string

Published Jul 30, 2009

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.29%

Description

Live Chat (com_livechat) component 1.0 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to use the xmlhttp.php script as an open HTTP proxy to hide network scanning activities or scan internal networks via a GET request with a full URL in the query string.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.29% 0.02287

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

EPSS probability 0.02287

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 (11 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.29% (0.02287)	82.57th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.29% (0.02287)	80.87th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Dec 27, 2025	3.12% (0.03121)	86.48th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	1.52% (0.01519)	79.96th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.57% (0.00566)	78.53th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.57% (0.00566)	77.10th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.57% (0.00566)	74.40th	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-20

Improper Input Validation

References (3)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32803
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47305
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7441
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32803		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47305		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7441		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jul 30, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Jul 30, 2009

Link CVE-2008-6882

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-6882

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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