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CVE-2008-6177

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 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: 2009-02-19 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in LightBlog 9.8, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) username parameter to view_member.php, (2) username_post parameter to login.php, and the (3) Lightblog_username cookie parameter to check_user.php.

Affected products

• Publicwarehouse Lightblog: 9.8

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/32345
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31851
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46030
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6797
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32345
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31851
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46030
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6797

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