CVE-2008-5642

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-12-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in admin/login.php in CMS Made Simple 1.4.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a cms_language cookie.

Affected products

CMS Made Simple: 1.4.1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32924
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4775
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32535
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3306
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46942
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7285
http://secunia.com/advisories/32924
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4775
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32535
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3306
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46942
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7285

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