CVE-2008-2650

critical

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in cmsimple/cms.php in CMSimple 3.1, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the sl parameter to index.php. NOTE: this can be leveraged for remote file execution by including adm.php and then invoking the upload action. NOTE: on 20080601, the vendor patched 3.1 without changing the version number.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5700

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42793

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42792

http://www.cmsimple.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=17

http://secunia.com/advisories/30463

http://osvdb.org/45881

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-06-10

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.18809