CVE-2008-4490

MEDIUM 5.1CVE-2008-4490 · Published 08/10/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-4490 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.1) vulnerability affecting phpabook (phpabook).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.9%, higher than 79.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
phpabook phpabook	`= 0.8.4b= 0.8.6b= 0.8.7b≤ 0.8.8b`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in config.inc.php in phpAbook 0.8.8b and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the userInfo cookie.

References

securityreason.com/securityalert/4364
securityfocus.com/bid/31581 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45680
exploit-db.com/exploits/6679

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