CVE-2008-6881

Exp

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the Live Chat (com_livechat) component 1.0 for Joomla! allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the last parameter to (1) getChat.php, (2) getChatRoom.php, and (3) getSavedChatRooms.php.

Published: 2009-07-30 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-6881 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.03%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-6881

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7441 exploit_db edb 2008-12-12 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6881

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.17% 1.03% +0.86%
2 2025-10-16 0.42% 0.17% -0.25%
3 2025-03-17 0.42%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6881

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-6881

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6881

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
joompolitan com_livechat 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:joompolitan:com_livechat:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6881

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