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Case File

CVE-2008-1849

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 2.67% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-04-16 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

External Security References
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CVE
CVE-2008-1849
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
2.67%

Original Filing — NVD Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in the joomlaXplorer (com_joomlaxplorer) Mambo/Joomla! component 1.6.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to list arbitrary directories via a .. (dot dot) in the dir parameter in a show_error action.