CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-5587

4.3 MEDIUM Published 2008-12-16 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-12-16
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in libraries/lib.inc.php in phpPgAdmin 4.2.1 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the _language parameter to index.php.

Affected configurations

• phppgadmin phppgadmin (<= 4.2.1) • phppgadmin phppgadmin 2.2 • phppgadmin phppgadmin 2.2.1 • phppgadmin phppgadmin 3.1 • phppgadmin phppgadmin 3.4.1 • phppgadmin phppgadmin 3.5 • phppgadmin phppgadmin 3.5.2 • phppgadmin phppgadmin 3.5.3 • phppgadmin phppgadmin 4.1.1

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References