CVE-2008-6882
Live Chat (com_livechat) component 1.0 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to use the xmlhttp.php...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2008-6882- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2008-6882- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-6842 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2008-6842- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8v7m-fq65-x5vg No score
Live Chat (com_livechat) component 1.0 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to use the xmlhttp.php...
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.
- Record
GHSA-8v7m-fq65-x5vg- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Joomla! Component live chat - SQL Injection / Open Proxy | 2008-12-12 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2008-6882 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Joompolitan Com Livechat, published July 30, 2009. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.29%, the 83rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.