Path Traversal in Publicwarehouse Lightblog
CVE-2008-6177
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in LightBlog 9.8, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) username parameter to view_member.php, (2) username_post parameter to login.php, and the (3) Lightblog_username cookie parameter to check_user.php.
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: 0.019 (78.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 78.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Publicwarehouse Lightblog — versions 9.8
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46030 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/32345 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31851 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6797 (exploit)