CVE-2008-5790 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 36.4% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in the Recly!Competitions (com_competitions) component 1.0 for Joomla! allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the (1) GLOBALS[mosConfig_absolute_path] parameter to (a) add.php and (b) competitions.php in includes/competitions/, and the (2) mosConfig_absolute_path parameter to (c) includes/settings/settings.php.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 36.38% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-94 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| joomla | joomla |
| recly | competitions |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Joomla! Component Recly!Competitions 1.0.0 - Multiple Remote File Inclusions | 2008-11-07 |
References
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