CVE-2008-5217

MEDIUM 5.1CVE-2008-5217 · Published 24/11/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-5217 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.1) vulnerability affecting txtcms (phpc0d3r).
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
txtcms phpc0d3r	`= 0.3`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in txtCMS 0.3, when register_globals is enabled and magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the id parameter.

References

securityreason.com/securityalert/4626
securityfocus.com/bid/29131 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42313
exploit-db.com/exploits/5579

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