Path Traversal in Menalto Gallery
CVE-2008-3600
Directory traversal vulnerability in contrib/phpBB2/modules.php in Gallery 1.5.7 and 1.6-alpha3, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the phpEx parameter within a modload action.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.025 (84.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 84.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Menalto Gallery — versions 1.5.7, 1.6
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-02.xml (vendor-advisory)
- gallery.menalto.com/gallery_1.5.8_released
- secunia.com/advisories/32662 (third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44373 (vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/4142 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495284/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6222 (exploit)