How should we interpret CVSS severity scores?

CVSS estimates technical severity, but it does not automatically equal business risk. Prioritize using context like internet exposure, asset criticality, known exploitation, and whether compensating controls exist. A Medium CVSS on an exposed production system can be more urgent than a Critical on an isolated non-production host.

Vulnerability Database

Q: What is a Vulnerability (CVE) and why does it matter?

A security vulnerability is a weakness in software, hardware, or configuration that can be exploited to compromise confidentiality, integrity, or availability. Many vulnerabilities are tracked as CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures), which provide a standardized identifier so teams can coordinate patching, mitigation, and risk assessment across tools and vendors.

Q: What's the difference between a vulnerability, an exploit, and a zero-day?

A vulnerability is the underlying weakness. An exploit is the method or code used to take advantage of it. A zero-day is a vulnerability that is unknown to the vendor or has no publicly available fix when attackers begin using it. Risk increases sharply when exploitation becomes reliable or widespread.

Q: Why do vulnerabilities keep reappearing in our environment?

Recurring findings usually come from incomplete asset discovery, inconsistent patch management, inherited images, and configuration drift. In modern environments, you also need to watch the software supply chain: dependencies, containers, build pipelines, and third-party services can reintroduce the same weakness even after you patch a single host.

Q: How do we prioritize remediation without burning out the team?

Use a repeatable triage model: focus first on externally exposed assets, high-value systems (identity, VPN, email, production), vulnerabilities with known exploits, and issues that enable remote code execution or privilege escalation. Then enforce patch SLAs and track progress so remediation is steady, not reactive.

Q: How can SynScan help reduce vulnerability risk over time?

SynScan combines attack surface monitoring and continuous security auditing to keep your inventory current, flag high-impact vulnerabilities early, and help you turn raw findings into a practical remediation plan.

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

Vulnerabilities for products matching "joomla"

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Joomla / joomla

3375 vulnerabilities found

Title	Severity	Date	Affected Version
CVE-2008-4105	High	September 18, 2008 9/18/08	== 1.5.5 == 1.5 == 1.5.3 == 1.5.2 == 1.5.1 == 1.5.4 == 1.5.6
CVE-2008-3225	High	July 18, 2008 7/18/08	== 1.0.13 == 1.0.9 == 1.5 == 1.5.0_rc1 == 1.5.0_beta2 == 1.0 == 1.5.2 == 1.0.1 == 1.0.3 == 1.0.6 == 1.0.8 == 1.0.4 == 1.0.2 == 1.5.0_beta == 1.0.10 == 1.5.0_beta1 == 1.5.1 == 1.0.12 == 1.03 == 1.0.5 == 1.0.7 == 1.0.0 <= 1.5.3 == 1.0.11
CVE-2008-3226	Medium	July 18, 2008 7/18/08	== 1.0.13 == 1.0.9 == 1.5 == 1.5.0_rc1 == 1.5.0_beta2 == 1.0 == 1.5.2 == 1.0.1 == 1.0.3 == 1.0.6 == 1.0.8 == 1.0.4 == 1.0.2 == 1.5.0_beta == 1.0.10 == 1.5.0_beta1 == 1.5.1 == 1.0.12 == 1.03 == 1.0.5 == 1.0.7 == 1.0.0 <= 1.5.3 == 1.0.11
CVE-2008-3227	High	July 18, 2008 7/18/08	== 1.0.13 == 1.0.9 == 1.5 == 1.5.0_rc1 == 1.5.0_beta2 == 1.0 == 1.5.2 == 1.0.1 == 1.0.3 == 1.0.6 == 1.0.8 == 1.0.4 == 1.0.2 == 1.5.0_beta == 1.0.10 == 1.5.0_beta1 == 1.5.1 == 1.0.12 == 1.03 == 1.0.5 == 1.0.7 == 1.0.0 <= 1.5.3 == 1.0.11
CVE-2008-3228	High	July 18, 2008 7/18/08	== 1.0.13 == 1.0.9 == 1.5 == 1.5.0_rc1 == 1.5.0_beta2 == 1.0 == 1.5.2 == 1.0.1 == 1.0.3 == 1.0.6 == 1.0.8 == 1.0.4 == 1.0.2 == 1.5.0_beta == 1.0.10 == 1.5.0_beta1 == 1.5.1 == 1.0.12 == 1.03 == 1.0.5 == 1.0.7 == 1.0.0 <= 1.5.3 == 1.0.11
CVE-2008-2990	High	July 2, 2008 7/2/08	*
CVE-2008-2676	High	June 12, 2008 6/12/08	*
CVE-2008-2632	High	June 10, 2008 6/10/08	*
CVE-2008-2633	High	June 10, 2008 6/10/08	*
CVE-2008-2564	High	June 6, 2008 6/6/08	*
CVE-2008-2568	High	June 6, 2008 6/6/08	*
CVE-2008-1935	High	April 25, 2008 4/25/08	== 1.0.4
CVE-2008-1533	Medium	March 28, 2008 3/28/08	<= 1.5
CVE-2008-0829	High	February 19, 2008 2/19/08	*
CVE-2008-0795	High	February 15, 2008 2/15/08	== 1.0
CVE-2008-0561	High	February 4, 2008 2/4/08	*
CVE-2008-0517	High	January 31, 2008 1/31/08	*
CVE-2007-6642	Medium	January 4, 2008 1/4/08	== 1.5rc4
CVE-2007-6643	Low	January 4, 2008 1/4/08	== 1.5rc4
CVE-2007-6644	Medium	January 4, 2008 1/4/08	== 1.5rc4
CVE-2007-6645	High	January 4, 2008 1/4/08	== 1.5rc4
CVE-2007-6272	High	December 7, 2007 12/7/07	== 1.5rc3
CVE-2007-5577	Low	October 18, 2007 10/18/07	< 1.0.13
CVE-2007-5457	Medium	October 14, 2007 10/14/07	*
CVE-2007-5451	Medium	October 14, 2007 10/14/07	*
CVE-2007-5427	Low	October 12, 2007 10/12/07	<= 1.0.13
CVE-2007-5410	Medium	October 12, 2007 10/12/07	*
CVE-2007-5389	Medium	October 12, 2007 10/12/07	*
CVE-2007-5362	Medium	October 11, 2007 10/11/07	*
CVE-2007-5363	Medium	October 11, 2007 10/11/07	*
CVE-2007-5309	Medium	October 9, 2007 10/9/07	*
CVE-2007-5310	Medium	October 9, 2007 10/9/07	*
CVE-2007-5065	High	September 24, 2007 9/24/07	*
CVE-2007-4777	High	September 10, 2007 9/10/07	== 1.5.0_rc1 == 1.5.0_beta2 == 1.5.0_beta
CVE-2007-4778	High	September 10, 2007 9/10/07	== 1.5.0_rc1 == 1.5.0_beta2 == 1.5.0_beta1
CVE-2007-4779	Low	September 10, 2007 9/10/07	== 1.5.0_rc1 == 1.5.0_beta2 == 1.5.0_beta
CVE-2007-4780	Medium	September 10, 2007 9/10/07	== 1.5.0_rc1 == 1.5.0_beta2 == 1.5.0_beta
CVE-2007-4781	Medium	September 10, 2007 9/10/07	== 1.5.0_rc1 == 1.5.0_beta2 == 1.5.0_beta1
CVE-2007-4184	High	August 8, 2007 8/8/07	== 1.0.12
CVE-2007-4185	Medium	August 8, 2007 8/8/07	== 1.0.12
CVE-2007-4187	High	August 8, 2007 8/8/07	== 1.5.0_beta
CVE-2007-4188	High	August 8, 2007 8/8/07	< 1.0.13
CVE-2007-4189	Low	August 8, 2007 8/8/07	< 1.0.13
CVE-2007-4190	Low	August 8, 2007 8/8/07	< 1.0.13
CVE-2007-2199	Medium	April 24, 2007 4/24/07	== 1.5.0-beta
CVE-2006-7008	High	February 12, 2007 2/12/07	== 1.0.9 == 1.0.1 == 1.0.3 == 1.0.6 == 1.0.8 == 1.0.4 == 1.0.2 == 1.0.5 == 1.0.7 == 1.0.0
CVE-2006-7009	High	February 12, 2007 2/12/07	== 1.0.9 == 1.0.1 == 1.0.3 == 1.0.6 == 1.0.8 == 1.0.4 == 1.0.2 == 1.0.5 == 1.0.7 == 1.0.0
CVE-2006-7010	High	February 12, 2007 2/12/07	== 1.0.9 == 1.0.1 == 1.0.3 == 1.0.6 == 1.0.8 == 1.0.4 == 1.0.2 == 1.0.5 == 1.0.7 == 1.0.0
CVE-2007-0373	Medium	January 19, 2007 1/19/07	== 1.5.0_beta
CVE-2007-0374	High	January 19, 2007 1/19/07	== 1.5.0_beta == 1.0.11

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is a Vulnerability (CVE) and why does it matter?

A security vulnerability is a weakness in software, hardware, or configuration that can be exploited to compromise confidentiality, integrity, or availability. Many vulnerabilities are tracked as CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures), which provide a standardized identifier so teams can coordinate patching, mitigation, and risk assessment across tools and vendors.

CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) estimates technical severity, but it doesn't automatically equal business risk. Prioritize using context like internet exposure, affected asset criticality, known exploitation (proof-of-concept or in-the-wild), and whether compensating controls exist. A "Medium" CVSS on an exposed, production system can be more urgent than a "Critical" on an isolated, non-production host.

A vulnerability is the underlying weakness. An exploit is the method or code used to take advantage of it. A zero-day is a vulnerability that is unknown to the vendor or has no publicly available fix when attackers begin using it. In practice, risk increases sharply when exploitation becomes reliable or widespread.

Recurring findings usually come from incomplete Asset Discovery, inconsistent patch management, inherited images, and configuration drift. In modern environments, you also need to watch the software supply chain: dependencies, containers, build pipelines, and third-party services can reintroduce the same weakness even after you patch a single host. Unknown or unmanaged assets (often called Shadow IT) are a common reason the same issues resurface.

Use a simple, repeatable triage model: focus first on externally exposed assets, high-value systems (identity, VPN, email, production), vulnerabilities with known exploits, and issues that enable remote code execution or privilege escalation. Then enforce patch SLAs and track progress using consistent metrics so remediation is steady, not reactive.

SynScan combines attack surface monitoring and continuous security auditing to keep your inventory current, flag high-impact vulnerabilities early, and help you turn raw findings into a practical remediation plan.