CVE-2008-0513

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-01-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in parser/include/class.cache_phpcms.php in phpCMS 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter to parser/parser.php, as demonstrated by a filename ending with %00.gif, a different vector than CVE-2005-1840.

Affected products

Phpcms: 1.2.2

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/28709
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487251/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487254/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27495
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0353
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40017
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5006
http://secunia.com/advisories/28709
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487251/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487254/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27495
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0353

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