CVE-2008-4437

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-10-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in importxml.pl in Bugzilla before 2.22.5, and 3.x before 3.0.5, when --attach_path is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an XML file with a .. (dot dot) in the data element.

Affected products

Mozilla Bugzilla: 2.4, 2.6, 2.8, 2.9, 2.22.1, 2.22.2 (+12)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/31444
http://secunia.com/advisories/34361
http://www.bugzilla.org/security/2.22.4/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30661
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020668
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2344
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=437169
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44407
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00664.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00687.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31444
http://secunia.com/advisories/34361

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