CVE-2008-1861

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-04-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in modules/threadstop/threadstop.php in ExBB Italia 0.22 and earlier, 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 exbb[default_lang] parameter.

Affected products

Exbb Italia: through 0.2.2

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/29739
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28686
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41707
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5405
http://secunia.com/advisories/29739
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28686
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41707
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5405

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