CVE-2008-6882

HIGH 7.5CVE-2008-6882 · Published 30/07/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-6882 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting com livechat (joompolitan).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.3%, higher than 83.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
com livechat joompolitan	`= 1.0`	No fix yet

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.

References

securityfocus.com/bid/32803 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47305
exploit-db.com/exploits/7441

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