CVE-2008-6172

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.8/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-22

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Feb 19, 2009
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2008-6172: Medium severity, CVSS 6.8 | Vulnix