CVE-2008-1849

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-04-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in the joomlaXplorer (com_joomlaxplorer) Mambo/Joomla! component 1.6.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to list arbitrary directories via a .. (dot dot) in the dir parameter in a show_error action.

Affected products

Joomlacode Joomlaexplorer: through 1.6.2

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28746
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41778
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5431
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28746
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41778
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5431

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