CVE-2008-3333

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 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: none known
Published: 2008-07-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in core/lang_api.php in Mantis before 1.1.2 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary files via the language parameter to the user preferences page (account_prefs_update.php).

Affected products

mantis: through 1.1.1; 0.9, 0.9.0, 0.9.1, 0.10, 0.10.0, 0.10.1 (+88)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30270
http://secunia.com/advisories/31972
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200809-10.xml
http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/changelog_page.php
http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=9154
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29297
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30354
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456044
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43984
http://secunia.com/advisories/30270
http://secunia.com/advisories/31972
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200809-10.xml

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