CVE-2008-6423

high

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in passwiki.php in PassWiki 0.9.16 RC3 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the site_id parameter.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5704

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42768

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29455

http://secunia.com/advisories/30496

http://osvdb.org/45853

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-03-06

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02399

Detections

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