CVE-2008-2227

MEDIUM 6.8CVE-2008-2227 · Published 14/05/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-2227 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability affecting forum rank system (php-fusion).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.9%, higher than 79.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
forum rank system php-fusion	`= 6`	No fix yet

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in PHP-Fusion Forum Rank System 6 allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the settings[locale] parameter to (1) forum.php and (2) profile.php in infusions/rank_system/. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

References

secunia.com/advisories/30304 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/29077 · Exploit
securityfocus.com/bid/29077/exploit · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42244

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