CVE-2008-5671

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-12-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in index.php in Joomla! 1.0.11 through 1.0.14, when RG_EMULATION is enabled in configuration.php, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the mosConfig_absolute_path parameter.

Affected products

Joomla! Joomla: through 1.0.14; 1.0.11, 1.0.12, 1.0.13

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/29106
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4787
http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/4609-joomla-1015-released.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488126/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488199/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27795
http://secunia.com/advisories/29106
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4787
http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/4609-joomla-1015-released.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488126/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488199/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27795

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