CVE-2008-3851
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 7.9% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3837)
- Published
- August 27, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3837 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows
- pluck / pluck
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31607(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4195
- http://www.pluck-cms.org/releasenotes.php#4.5.3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495706/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30820(Exploit, Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44677
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6300
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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