CVE-2009-4232 — The Kide Shoutbox (com_kide) component 0.4.6 for Joomla! does not properly perform authentication, which allows remote attackers to post messages with an arbitrary account name via an insertar action to index.php

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The Kide Shoutbox (com_kide) component 0.4.6 for Joomla! does not properly perform authentication, which allows remote attackers to post messages with an arbitrary account name via an insertar action to index.php

Published Dec 8, 2009

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.01%

Description

The Kide Shoutbox (com_kide) component 0.4.6 for Joomla! does not properly perform authentication, which allows remote attackers to post messages with an arbitrary account name via an insertar action to index.php. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.01% 0.01009

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

EPSS probability 0.01009

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 (12 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.01% (0.01009)	61.78th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.01% (0.01009)	58.43th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.27% (0.00267)	48.18th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.20% (0.00200)	58.87th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 25, 2024	0.16% (0.00159)	51.79th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 15, 2024	0.14% (0.00135)	47.66th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.12% (0.00122)	45.27th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.20% (0.00200)	56.08th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

References (1)

http://secunia.com/advisories/37508
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/37508		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Dec 8, 2009

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Dec 8, 2009

Link CVE-2009-4232

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2009-4232

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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