THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-3296
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-3296

Xoops vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
5.7%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
Directory traversal vulnerability in modules/system/admin.php in XOOPS 2.0.18 1 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the fct parameter. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
Affected vendor
Xoops
Affected product
Xoops
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2008-07-25

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-3296

  • Confirm whether Xoops Xoops is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-3296.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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