CVE-2008-1696

Severity: low (CVSS 3.7 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: 2008-04-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in makepost.php in DaZPHPNews 0.1-1, when register_globals is enabled and magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the prefixdir parameter.

Affected products

Dazphpnews: 0.1-1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/29653
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28582
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41608
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5347
http://secunia.com/advisories/29653
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28582
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41608
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5347

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