CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-5642

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2008-12-17 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-12-17
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in admin/login.php in CMS Made Simple 1.4.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a cms_language cookie.

Affected configurations

• cmsmadesimple cms made simple 1.4.1

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

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

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-642 External Control of Critical State Data weakness

References