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CVE-2008-5579

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-12-15 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in mini-pub.php/front-end/cat.php in mini-pub 0.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in the sFileName parameter.

Affected products

• Mini-Pub: 0.3

References

• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4733
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487695/100/200/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27671
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6733
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4733
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487695/100/200/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27671
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6733

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