CVE-2008-2650

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 18.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-06-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in cmsimple/cms.php in CMSimple 3.1, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the sl parameter to index.php. NOTE: this can be leveraged for remote file execution by including adm.php and then invoking the upload action. NOTE: on 20080601, the vendor patched 3.1 without changing the version number.

Affected products

CMSimple: 3.1

References

http://osvdb.org/45881
http://secunia.com/advisories/30463
http://www.cmsimple.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=17
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29450
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42792
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42793
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5700
http://osvdb.org/45881
http://secunia.com/advisories/30463
http://www.cmsimple.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=17
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29450
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42792

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