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CVE-2008-6177 (GCVE-0-2008-6177)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-02-19 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:20
VLAI
Summary
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in LightBlog 9.8, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) username parameter to view_member.php, (2) username_post parameter to login.php, and the (3) Lightblog_username cookie parameter to check_user.php.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/32345 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31851 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6797 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
Date Public
2008-10-21 00:00
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