CVE-2008-0742

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-02-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in PowerScripts PowerNews 2.5.6 allow remote attackers to read and include arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) subpage parameter in (a) categories.inc.php, (b) news.inc.php, (c) other.inc.php, (d) permissions.inc.php, (e) templates.inc.php, and (f) users.inc.php in pnadmin/; and (2) the page parameter to (g) pnadmin/index.php. NOTE: vector 2 is only exploitable by administrators.

Affected products

Powerscripts Powernews: 2.5.6

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3647
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487773/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27688
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5082
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3647
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487773/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27688
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5082

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