CVE-2008-6502

MEDIUM 4.6CVE-2008-6502 · Published 20/03/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-6502 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability affecting pro chat rooms (prochatrooms).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.5%, higher than 74.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
pro chat rooms prochatrooms	`= 3.0.2`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Pro Chat Rooms 3.0.2 allows remote authenticated users to select an arbitrary local PHP script as an avatar via a .. (dot dot) in the avatar parameter, and cause other users to execute this script by using sendData.php to send a message to (1) an individual user or (2) a room, leading to cross-site request forgery (CSRF), cross-site scripting (XSS), or other impacts.

References

osvdb.org/50697
secunia.com/advisories/33088 · Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47242
exploit-db.com/exploits/7409

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