CVE-2009-4946

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-07-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Messaging (com_messaging) component before 1.5.1 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the controller parameter in a messages action to index.php. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Affected products

Thetricky Com Messaging: through 1.5.0

References

http://osvdb.org/53195
http://secunia.com/advisories/34562
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34365
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49650
http://osvdb.org/53195
http://secunia.com/advisories/34562
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34365
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49650

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