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Status published
Medium
CVE-2008-6172
Directory traversal vulnerability in captcha/captcha_image.php in the RWCards (com_rwcards) 3.0.11...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
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References
Affected Vendor
weberr
View all reports →Affected Software
rwcards
Vulnerable Versions:
3.0.11
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 19th, 2009
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.