CVE-2008-2993

HIGH 7.5CVE-2008-2993 · Published 03/07/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-2993 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting fog forum (fog).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.4%, higher than 83.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
fog forum fog	`= 0.8.1`	No fix yet

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in index.php in FOG Forum 0.8.1 allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) fog_lang and (2) fog_skin parameters, probably related to libs/required/share.inc; and possibly the (3) fog_pseudo, (4) fog_posted, (5) fog_password, and (6) fog_cook parameters.

References

secunia.com/advisories/30613 · Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com/securityalert/3971
securityfocus.com/bid/29651 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42985
exploit-db.com/exploits/5784

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