CVE-2008-6253

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-02-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in data/inc/lib/pcltar.lib.php in Pluck 4.5.3, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the g_pcltar_lib_dir parameter.

Affected products

pluck-cms: 4.5.3

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32736
http://www.pluck-cms.org/index.php?file=kop11.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498438
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32342
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46676
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7153
http://secunia.com/advisories/32736
http://www.pluck-cms.org/index.php?file=kop11.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498438
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32342
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46676
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7153

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