CVE-2008-1534

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-03-28 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in PowerPHPBoard 1.00b allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) settings[footer] parameter to footer.inc.php and the (2) settings[header] parameter to header.inc.php.

Affected products

Powerscripts Powerphpboard: 1.00b

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3782
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490011/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28421
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0992/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41403
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5303
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3782
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490011/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28421
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0992/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41403
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5303

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