CVE-2008-5587
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 12.9%EU EUVD
Directory traversal vulnerability in libraries/lib.inc.php in phpPgAdmin 4.2.1 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the _language parameter to index.php.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 12.9% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5562)
- Published
- December 16, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5562 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- phppgadmin / phppgadmin
- phppgadmin / phppgadmin
- phppgadmin / phppgadmin
- phppgadmin / phppgadmin
- phppgadmin / phppgadmin
- phppgadmin / phppgadmin
- phppgadmin / phppgadmin
- phppgadmin / phppgadmin
- phppgadmin / phppgadmin
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00033.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33014(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33263
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4737
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1693
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32670(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47140
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7363
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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