CVE-2009-4255

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Publication date:

10/12/2009

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the You!Hostit! template 1.0.1 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the created_by_alias parameter in index.php.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

4.30

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!::::::::
cpe:2.3:a:youjoomla:you\!hostit\!:1.0.1:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

http://secunia.com/advisories/37601
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10301
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54570
http://secunia.com/advisories/37601
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10301
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54570