CVE-2008-5990

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-01-28 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in connect/init.inc in emergecolab 1.0 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the sitecode parameter to connect/index.php.

Affected products

Eduforge Emergecolab: 1.0

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31372
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45369
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6551
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31372
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45369
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6551

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