CVE-2007-4504 — Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in the RSfiles component (com_rsfiles) 1.0.2 and earlier for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .

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MEDIUM

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in the RSfiles component (com_rsfiles) 1.0.2 and earlier for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .

Published Aug 23, 2007

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 9.49%

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in the RSfiles component (com_rsfiles) 1.0.2 and earlier for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the path parameter in a files.display action.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

9.49% 0.09491

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.09491

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	9.49% (0.09491)	95.30th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	9.49% (0.09491)	94.80th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.06% (0.00057)	15.15th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	2.17% (0.02171)	89.76th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 19, 2024	2.17% (0.02171)	89.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jan 25, 2024	2.60% (0.02599)	89.24th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.68% (0.01677)	85.69th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.19% (0.04187)	87.39th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	86.11th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	69.86th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36222
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4307
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36222		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4307		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Aug 23, 2007

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Aug 23, 2007

Link CVE-2007-4504

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2007-4504

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2007-4504