CVE-2008-3600

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in contrib/phpBB2/modules.php in Gallery 1.5.7 and 1.6-alpha3, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the phpEx parameter within a modload action.

Affected products

Menalto Gallery: 1.5.7, 1.6-alpha3

References

http://gallery.menalto.com/gallery_1.5.8_released
http://secunia.com/advisories/32662
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-02.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4142
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495284/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44373
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6222
http://gallery.menalto.com/gallery_1.5.8_released
http://secunia.com/advisories/32662
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-02.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4142
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495284/100/0/threaded

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