rsjoomla RSFirewall Component up to 3.1.5 on Joomla path traversal

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A vulnerability has been found in rsjoomla RSFirewall Component up to 3.1.5 on Joomla and classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes path traversal. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-27445. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability has been found in rsjoomla RSFirewall Component up to 3.1.5 on Joomla and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-35. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize '.../...//' (doubled triple dot slash) sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

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

The weakness was released by Robert Kruczek. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-27445 since 02/25/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-16991). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Joomla Component

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• rsjoomla

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• RSFirewall Component

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• 3.1.0
• 3.1.1
• 3.1.2
• 3.1.3
• 3.1.4
• 3.1.5

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