CVE-2008-1537

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% 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

Directory traversal vulnerability in pb_inc/admincenter/index.php in PowerScripts PowerBook 1.21 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the page parameter. NOTE: in some environments, this can be leveraged for remote file inclusion by using a UNC share pathname or an ftp, ftps, or ssh2.sftp URL.

Affected products

Powerscripts Powerbook: 1.21

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/29480
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3783
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490008/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28418
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41393
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5302
http://secunia.com/advisories/29480
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3783
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490008/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28418
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41393
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5302

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