CVE-2008-2974 — Directory traversal vulnerability in chatconfig.php in MM Chat 1.5, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the currentlang parameter

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MEDIUM

Directory traversal vulnerability in chatconfig.php in MM Chat 1.5, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the currentlang parameter

Published Jul 2, 2008

6.8

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.98%

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in chatconfig.php in MM Chat 1.5, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the currentlang parameter.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.98% 0.01979

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01979

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.98% (0.01979)	79.78th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.98% (0.01979)	77.86th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Dec 7, 2025	3.29% (0.03295)	86.78th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	1.08% (0.01077)	76.27th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.51% (0.00510)	77.36th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.61% (0.00612)	78.02th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.61% (0.00612)	75.39th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	58.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	56.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-22

Path Traversal

References (3)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29910
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43327
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5919
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29910		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43327		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5919		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jul 2, 2008

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Jul 2, 2008

Link CVE-2008-2974

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-2974

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-2974