cve/2008/CVE-2008-1849.md

### [CVE-2008-1849](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1849)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5431

#### Github
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