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CVE-2008-0478

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-01-29 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in SetCMS 3.6.5 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the set parameter, as demonstrated by sending a certain CLIENT_IP HTTP header in an enter action to index.php, and injecting PHP sequences into files/enter.set, which is then included by index.php.

Affected products

• Setcms: 3.6.5

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27407
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39864
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4962
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27407
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39864
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4962

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