CVE-2008-5878

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-01-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Phpclanwebsite (aka PCW) 1.23.3 Fix Pack 5 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled and register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) boxname parameter to theme/superchrome/box.php and the (2) theme parameter to phpclanwebsite/footer.php.

Affected products

Phpclanwebsite: through 1.23.3; 1.20, 1.21, 1.22, 1.23, 1.23.1, 1.23.2

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/33211
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4881
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32915
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7515
http://secunia.com/advisories/33211
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4881
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32915
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7515

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