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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.8

CVE-2008-5793 json

Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in the Clickheat - Heatmap stats (com_clickheat) component 1.0.1 for Joomla!

published 2008-12-31 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-5763

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
24.5%
EPSS 24.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in the Clickheat - Heatmap stats (com_clickheat) component 1.0.1 for Joomla! allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the (1) GLOBALS[mosConfig_absolute_path] parameter to (a) install.clickheat.php, (b) Cache.php and (c) Clickheat_Heatmap.php in Recly/Clickheat/, and (d) Recly/common/GlobalVariables.php; and the (2) mosConfig_absolute_path parameter to (e) _main.php and (f) main.php in includes/heatmap, and (g) includes/overview/main.php.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-7038)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

24.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-7038 Joomla! Component ClickHeat 1.0.1 - Multiple Remote File Inclusions webapps, 2008-11-07
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32190 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.