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CVE-2008-6172

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 12.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-02-19 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-22

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.

Affected products

• Weberr Rwcards: 3.0.11

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/32367
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31892
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46081
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6817
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32367
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31892
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46081
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6817

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