CVE-2008-4740

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-10-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in templater.php in the ZZ_Templater module in TinyCMS 1.1.2, when register_globals is enabled and magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the config[template] parameter.

Affected products

Tinycms: 1.1.2

References

http://1scripts.net/php-scripts/index.php?p=6
http://secunia.com/advisories/31569
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4506
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30785
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44596
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6287
http://1scripts.net/php-scripts/index.php?p=6
http://secunia.com/advisories/31569
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4506
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30785
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44596
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6287

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