CVE-2008-6253
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 5.0%EU EUVD
Directory traversal vulnerability in data/inc/lib/pcltar.lib.php in Pluck 4.5.3, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the g_pcltar_lib_dir parameter.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 5.0% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-6223)
- Published
- February 24, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-6223 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- pluck-cms / pluck
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32736(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.pluck-cms.org/index.php?file=kop11.php(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498438(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32342
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46676
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7153
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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