CVE-2008-5790 — Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in the Recly!Competitions (com_competitions) component 1.0 for Joomla! allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the (1) GLOBALS[mosConfig_absolute_path] parameter to (a) add.php and (b) competitions.php in includes/competitions/, and the (2) mosConfig_absolute_path parameter to (c) includes/settings/settings.php

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Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in the Recly!Competitions (com_competitions) component 1.0 for Joomla! allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the (1) GLOBALS[mosConfig_absolute_path] parameter to (a) add.php and (b) competitions.php in includes/competitions/, and the (2) mosConfig_absolute_path parameter to (c) includes/settings/settings.php

Published Dec 31, 2008

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 36.38%

Description

Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in the Recly!Competitions (com_competitions) component 1.0 for Joomla! allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the (1) GLOBALS[mosConfig_absolute_path] parameter to (a) add.php and (b) competitions.php in includes/competitions/, and the (2) mosConfig_absolute_path parameter to (c) includes/settings/settings.php.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

36.38% 0.36382

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.36382

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 (13 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	36.38% (0.36382)	98.45th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Aug 9, 2026	36.38% (0.36382)	98.34th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	23.62% (0.23621)	97.51th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
May 27, 2026	2.02% (0.02018)	83.99th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	0.33% (0.00333)	54.00th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.98% (0.00979)	84.10th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 10, 2024	1.04% (0.01038)	84.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Aug 11, 2023	1.04% (0.01038)	82.06th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 1, 2023	0.69% (0.00691)	77.40th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.53% (0.00525)	73.34th	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 (1)

CWE-94

Code Injection

References (2)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32192
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7039
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32192		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7039		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Dec 31, 2008

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Dec 30, 2008

Link CVE-2008-5790

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-5790

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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