CVE-2008-6884
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 5.6%EU EUVD
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in XOOPS 2.3.1, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the xoopsConfig[language] parameter to (1) blocks.php and (2) main.php in xoops_lib/modules/protector/.
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
- 5.6% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-6844)
- Published
- July 31, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-6844 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- xoops / xoops
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122875395329794&w=2(Exploit, Patch)
- http://osvdb.org/50572(Patch)
- http://osvdb.org/50573(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33048(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32685(Patch)
- http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4540(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4563(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47153
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7380
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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