CVE-2008-7064
Directory traversal vulnerability in the get_lang function in global.php in Quicksilver Forums 1.4.2 and earlier, as used in QSF Portal before 1.4.5, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a "\" (backslash) in the lang parameter to index.php, which bypasses a protection mechanism that only checks for "/" (forward slash), as demonstrated by uploading and including PHP code in an avatar file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 3.2% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-7023)
- Published
- August 25, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-7023 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- quicksilver forums / quicksilver forums
References
- http://osvdb.org/50143
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32823(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38670
- http://www.qsfportal.com/index.php?a=newspost&t=191(URL Repurposed)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32452(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46823
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46828
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7217
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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