CVE-2008-4499

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-10-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in PHP Web Explorer 0.99b and earlier allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) refer parameter to main.php and the (2) file parameter to edit.php.

Affected products

Php Web Explorer Lite: through 0.99b; 0.99a

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122332154511973&w=2
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4371
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31595
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45691
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122332154511973&w=2
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4371
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31595
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45691

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