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CVE-2008-6172

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.

Published

2009-02-19T16:30:00.407

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-22

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	weberr	rwcards	3.0.11	Yes
Application	joomla	joomla	*	No

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32367 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31892 Exploit ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46081 ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6817 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/32367 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31892 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46081 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6817 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)