Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 28, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-4764

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the eXtplorer module (com_extplorer) 2.0.0 RC2 and earlier in Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the dir parameter in a show_error action.

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Affected products

Extplorer/Com Extplorer
cpe:2.3:a:extplorer:com_extplorer:*:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=2.0.0
Joomla/eXtplorer modulellm-create
Range: <=2.0.0 RC2

Patches

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References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/28764nvdExploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41873nvd
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5435nvd

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