Extension - rsjoomla.com - A path traversal vulnerability RSFirewall component 2.9.7 - 3.1.5 for Joomla

published 2025-06-05 last yr. modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2025-16991

cvss: 5.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 40%
public exploits: 0; none known

A path traversal vulnerability in RSFirewall component 2.9.7 - 3.1.5 for Joomla was discovered. This vulnerability allows authenticated users to read arbitrary files outside the Joomla root directory. The flaw is caused by insufficient sanitization of user-supplied input in file path parameters, allowing attackers to exploit directory traversal sequences (e.g., ../) to access sensitive files

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: last yr. (2025-06-17)

Exploit prediction

0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CNA	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

rsjoomla.com RSFirewall component for Joomla

Classification

Weakness

CWE-35 Path Traversal: '.../...//'

References

rsjoomla.com /
product

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-27445
NVD CVE-2025-27445

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