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CVE-2008-5968

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-01-26 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in print.php in PHP iCalendar 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the cookie_language parameter in a phpicalendar_* cookie, a different vector than CVE-2006-1292.

Affected products

• Phpicalendar: through 2.24; 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 0.9.5, 1.0, 1.1 (+9)

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48322
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6519
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48322
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6519

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