CVE-2008-5204

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-11-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in PowerAward 1.1.0 RC1, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the lang parameter to (1) agb.php, (2) angemeldet.php, (3) anmelden.php, (4) charts.php, (5) external_vote.php, (6) guestbook.php, (7) impressum.php, (8) index.php, (9) rss-reader.php, (10) statistic.php, (11) teilnehmer.php, (12) topsites.php, (13) votecode.php, (14) voting.php, and (15) winner.php.

Affected products

Poweraward: 1.1.0-rc1

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29993
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43463
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5962
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29993
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43463
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5962

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