CVE-2008-5787

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in mod.php in Arab Portal 2.1 on Windows allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter, in conjunction with a show action.

Affected products

Arabportal Arab Portal: 2.1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32590
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4851
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498092/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32146
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46404
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7019
http://secunia.com/advisories/32590
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4851
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498092/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32146
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46404
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7019

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