CVE-2008-3851

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-08-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Pluck CMS 4.5.2 on Windows allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in the (1) blogpost, (2) cat, and (3) file parameters to data/inc/themes/predefined_variables.php, as reachable through index.php; and the (4) blogpost and (5) cat parameters to data/inc/blog_include_react.php, as reachable through index.php. NOTE: the issue involving vectors 1 through 3 reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-3194.

Affected products

Pluck: 4.5.2

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/31607
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4195
http://www.pluck-cms.org/releasenotes.php#4.5.3
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495706/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30820
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44677
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6300
http://secunia.com/advisories/31607
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4195
http://www.pluck-cms.org/releasenotes.php#4.5.3
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495706/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30820

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