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CVE-2008-5790

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 36.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in the Recly!Competitions (com_competitions) component 1.0 for Joomla! allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the (1) GLOBALS[mosConfig_absolute_path] parameter to (a) add.php and (b) competitions.php in includes/competitions/, and the (2) mosConfig_absolute_path parameter to (c) includes/settings/settings.php.

Affected products

• Recly Competitions: 1.0

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32192
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7039
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32192
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7039

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