CVE-2008-6172

Joomla! Component RWCards 3.0.11 - Local File Inclusion

Severity Score

9.1

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Directory traversal vulnerability in captcha/captcha_image.php in the RWCards (com_rwcards) 3.0.11 component for Joomla!, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the img parameter.

Vulnerabilidad de salto de directorio en el captcha/captcha_image.php en el componente para Joomla! RWCards (com_rwcards) v3.0.11 cuando magic_quotes_gpc esta desactivado, lo que permite atacantes remotos incluir y ejecutar localmente ficheros a su elección a través de secuencias de salto de directorio en el parámetro "img".

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2009-02-19 CVE Reserved
2009-02-19 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-08-07 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46081	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6817	2024-08-07
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31892	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/32367	2017-09-29

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Weberr Search vendor "Weberr"	Rwcards Search vendor "Weberr" for product "Rwcards"	3.0.11 Search vendor "Weberr" for product "Rwcards" and version "3.0.11"	-	Affected	in	Joomla Search vendor "Joomla"	Joomla Search vendor "Joomla" for product "Joomla"	*	-	Safe