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CVE-2008-0840

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-02-20 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in view_member.php in Public Warehouse LightBlog 9.6 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the username parameter.

Affected products

• Publicwarehouse Lightblog: 9.6

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/29017
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488283/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27837
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0621
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5140
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29017
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488283/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27837
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0621
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5140

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