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CVE-2009-0421 (GCVE-0-2009-0421)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-02-05 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 04:31
VLAI
Summary
SQL injection vulnerability in the Eventing (com_eventing) 1.6.x component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the catid parameter to index.php.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33296 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7793 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://secunia.com/advisories/33563 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2009-01-15 00:00
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