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CVE-2008-5878 (GCVE-0-2008-5878)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-01-08 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:13
VLAI
Summary
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Phpclanwebsite (aka PCW) 1.23.3 Fix Pack 5 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled and register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) boxname parameter to theme/superchrome/box.php and the (2) theme parameter to phpclanwebsite/footer.php.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4881 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7515 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://secunia.com/advisories/33211 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32915 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2008-12-18 00:00
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