CVE-2008-7090

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-08-26 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Pligg 9.9 and earlier allow remote attackers to (1) determine the existence of arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the $tb_url variable in trackback.php, or (2) include arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the template parameter to settemplate.php.

Affected products

Pligg Cms: through 9.9; 9.5

References

http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00120-07312008
http://www.osvdb.org/50187
http://www.osvdb.org/50188
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494987/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30458
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44190
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44191
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6173
http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00120-07312008
http://www.osvdb.org/50187
http://www.osvdb.org/50188
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494987/100/0/threaded

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