CVE-2008-4151

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2008-4151 · Published 24/09/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-4151 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting cyask (cyask).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.9%, higher than 87.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
cyask cyask	`= 3`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in collect.php in CYASK 3.x allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the neturl parameter.

References

securityreason.com/securityalert/4297
securityfocus.com/archive/1/496511/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/31237
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45238
exploit-db.com/exploits/6487

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