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CVE-2008-6726 (GCVE-0-2008-6726)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-04-17 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:41
VLAI
Summary
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in CMScout 2.06, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the bit parameter to (1) admin.php and (2) index.php, different vectors than CVE-2008-3415.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7625 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.cmscout.co.za/index.php?page=news&id=30 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://osvdb.org/51120 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33068 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/33375 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://osvdb.org/51119 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Date Public
2008-12-30 00:00
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