CVE-2008-4437
HIGH · CVSS 7.1EPSS 5.6%EU EUVD
Directory traversal vulnerability in importxml.pl in Bugzilla before 2.22.5, and 3.x before 3.0.5, when --attach_path is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an XML file with a .. (dot dot) in the data element.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 5.6% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4418)
- Published
- October 3, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4418 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mozilla / bugzilla
- mozilla / bugzilla
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References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31444(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34361
- http://www.bugzilla.org/security/2.22.4/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30661(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020668
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2344
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=437169(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44407
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00664.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00687.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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