CVE-2008-5948

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-01-23 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in BNCwi 1.04 and earlier allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the newlanguage parameter.

Affected products

Bncwi: through 1.04; 1.03

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32981
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32644
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7345
http://secunia.com/advisories/32981
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32644
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7345

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