CVE-2008-7064

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-08-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the get_lang function in global.php in Quicksilver Forums 1.4.2 and earlier, as used in QSF Portal before 1.4.5, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a "\" (backslash) in the lang parameter to index.php, which bypasses a protection mechanism that only checks for "/" (forward slash), as demonstrated by uploading and including PHP code in an avatar file.

Affected products

Quicksilver Forums: 1.4.2

References

http://osvdb.org/50143
http://secunia.com/advisories/32823
http://secunia.com/advisories/38670
http://www.qsfportal.com/index.php?a=newspost&t=191
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32452
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46823
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46828
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7217
http://osvdb.org/50143
http://secunia.com/advisories/32823
http://secunia.com/advisories/38670
http://www.qsfportal.com/index.php?a=newspost&t=191

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