CVE-2008-1231

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-03-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Edit.jsp in JSPWiki 2.4.104 and 2.5.139 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local .jsp files, and obtain sensitive information, via a .. (dot dot) in the editor parameter.

Affected products

Jspwiki: 2.4.104, 2.5.139, 2.5.139_beta

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120300554011544&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/28969
http://www.bugsec.com/articles.php?Security=48&Web-Application-Firewall=0
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27785
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40508
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5112
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120300554011544&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/28969
http://www.bugsec.com/articles.php?Security=48&Web-Application-Firewall=0
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27785
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40508
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5112

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