Path Traversal in Microsoft Windows
CVE-2008-3851
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Pluck CMS 4.5.2 on Windows allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in the (1) blogpost, (2) cat, and (3) file parameters to data/inc/themes/predefined_variables.php, as reachable through index.php; and the (4) blogpost and (5) cat parameters to data/inc/blog_include_react.php, as reachable through index.php. NOTE: the issue involving vectors 1 through 3 reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-3194.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.079 (94.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 94.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.079 · newest: 0.079 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows
- Pluck — versions 4.5.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.pluck-cms.org/releasenotes.php
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/30820 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44677 (vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/4195 (third-party-advisory)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6300 (exploit)
- secunia.com/advisories/31607 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495706/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)