CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-4490
5.1 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-10-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.1 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in config.inc.php in phpAbook 0.8.8b and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the userInfo cookie.
Affected configurations
• phpabook phpabook (<= 0.8.8b)
• phpabook phpabook 0.8.4b
• phpabook phpabook 0.8.6b
• phpabook phpabook 0.8.7b
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4364 securityreason.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31581 Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45680 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6679 www.exploit-db.com
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4364 securityreason.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31581 Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45680 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6679 www.exploit-db.com