CVE-2008-0612

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-02-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in htdocs/install/index.php in XOOPS 2.0.18 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the lang parameter.

Affected products

Xoops: 2.0.18

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3614
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487484/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27622
http://xoops.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xoops/XoopsCore/branches/2.0.x/2.0.18.1/docs/changelog.txt?r1=1283&r2=1282&pathrev=1283
http://xoops.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xoops?view=rev&revision=1283
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5057
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3614
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487484/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27622
http://xoops.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xoops/XoopsCore/branches/2.0.x/2.0.18.1/docs/changelog.txt?r1=1283&r2=1282&pathrev=1283
http://xoops.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xoops?view=rev&revision=1283
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5057

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