CVE-2008-2898

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-06-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in includes/header.php in Hedgehog-CMS 1.21 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the c_temp_path 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

Hedgehog-Cms: 1.21

References

http://osvdb.org/46480
http://secunia.com/advisories/30778
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43277
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5904
http://osvdb.org/46480
http://secunia.com/advisories/30778
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43277
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5904

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