CVE-2008-2028

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-04-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

miniBB 2.2, and possibly earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to obtain the full path via a direct request to the glang parameter in a registernew action to index.php, which leaks the path in an error message.

Affected products

Minibb: through 2.2

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/29997/
http://www.minibb.net/forums/9_5110_0.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42012
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5494
http://secunia.com/advisories/29997/
http://www.minibb.net/forums/9_5110_0.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42012
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5494

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