THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-6172
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2008-6172

Rwcards vulnerability

CVSS
6.8
EPSS
12.3%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Weberr
Affected product
Rwcards
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2009-02-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 12.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-6172

  • Confirm whether Weberr Rwcards is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-6172.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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