CVE-2008-6841 — PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in the Green Mountain Information Technology and Consulting Database Query (com_dbquery) component 1.4.1.1 and earlier for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the mosConfig_absolute_path parameter to classes/DBQ/admin/common.class.php

Back Back to CVE browser

HIGH

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in the Green Mountain Information Technology and Consulting Database Query (com_dbquery) component 1.4.1.1 and earlier for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the mosConfig_absolute_path parameter to classes/DBQ/admin/common.class.php

Published Jul 1, 2009

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 5.72%

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in the Green Mountain Information Technology and Consulting Database Query (com_dbquery) component 1.4.1.1 and earlier for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the mosConfig_absolute_path parameter to classes/DBQ/admin/common.class.php.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

5.72% 0.05724

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

EPSS probability 0.05724

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 (12 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	5.72% (0.05724)	92.80th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	5.72% (0.05724)	92.03th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	1.26% (0.01260)	78.03th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	2.25% (0.02252)	89.97th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 9, 2024	2.25% (0.02252)	89.22th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Dec 30, 2023	1.51% (0.01508)	85.54th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 18, 2023	1.15% (0.01149)	83.18th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 4, 2023	0.71% (0.00710)	77.77th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.72% (0.00718)	77.51th	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 (3)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30093
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43615
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6003
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30093		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43615		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6003		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jul 1, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Jul 1, 2009

Link CVE-2008-6841

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-6841

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-6841