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CVE-2008-6423

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-03-06 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in passwiki.php in PassWiki 0.9.16 RC3 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the site_id parameter.

Affected products

• I-Apps Passwiki: through 0.9.16; 0.9.3, 0.9.5, 0.9.6, 0.9.7, 0.9.8, 0.9.9 (+14)

References

• http://osvdb.org/45853
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30496
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29455
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42768
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5704
• http://osvdb.org/45853
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30496
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29455
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42768
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5704

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