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CVE-2008-3708

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-08-19 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in dotCMS 1.6.0.9 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the id parameter to (1) news/index.dot and (2) getting_started/macros/macros_detail.dot.

Affected products

• dotCMS core: 1.6.0.9

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/31516
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4163
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30703
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44491
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6247
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31516
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4163
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30703
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44491
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6247

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