CVE-2008-5639

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2008-5639 · Published 17/12/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-5639 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting txtblog (txtblogcms).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.2%, higher than 82.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
txtblog txtblogcms	`= 1.0`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in TxtBlog 1.0 Alpha allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the m parameter.

References

securityreason.com/securityalert/4777
securityfocus.com/bid/32498 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46902
exploit-db.com/exploits/7241

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