CVE-2008-0612

HIGH 7.5CVE-2008-0612 · Published 06/02/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-0612 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting xoops (xoops).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.8%, higher than 86.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
xoops xoops	`= 2.0.18`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in htdocs/install/index.php in XOOPS 2.0.18 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the lang parameter.

References

securityreason.com/securityalert/3614
securityfocus.com/archive/1/487484/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/27622
xoops.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xoops/XoopsCore/branches/2.0.x/2.0.18.1/docs/changelog.txt · Exploit
xoops.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xoops · Patch
exploit-db.com/exploits/5057

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

xoops

= 2.0.18

No fix yet

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