CVE-2008-1849: Joomlacode Joomlaexplorer

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Joomlacode Joomlaexplorer: up to and including 1.6.2

Published 2008-04-16. Last modified 2026-06-16.