CVE-2008-5604

critical

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in My Simple Forum 3.0 and 4.1, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the action parameter.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7342

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47097

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32643

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4765

http://secunia.com/advisories/32984

http://osvdb.org/50433

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-12-16

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: 0.03602