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CVE-2008-3851 (GCVE-0-2008-3851)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-08-27 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:53
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30820 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4195 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6300 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://secunia.com/advisories/31607 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495706/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Date Public
2008-08-25 00:00
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