Directory traversal vulnerability in bin/configure in TWiki before 4.2.3, when a certain step in the installation guide is skipped, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a query string containing a .
Published Sep 17, 2008
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 8.28%
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in bin/configure in TWiki before 4.2.3, when a certain step in the installation guide is skipped, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a query string containing a .. (dot dot) in the image variable, and execute arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 4.2.2
- 4.0
- 4.0.0
- 4.0.1
- 4.0.2
- 4.0.3
- 4.0.4
- 4.0.5
- 4.1.0
- 4.1.1
- 4.1.2
- 4.2.0
- 4.2.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 | 8.28% (0.08280) | 94.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 8.28% (0.08280) | 94.18th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 57.50% (0.57505) | 98.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 51.51% (0.51513) | 97.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 46.06% (0.46062) | 96.51th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 51.51% (0.51513) | 97.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 12.37% (0.12374) | 95.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 12.37% (0.12374) | 94.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31849 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31964 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4265 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2008-3195 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiRelease04x02x03#4_2_3_Bugfix_Highlights x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/362012 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/RGII-7JEQ7L x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2586 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45182 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45183 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6269 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/31849 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/31964 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4265 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2008-3195 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiRelease04x02x03#4_2_3_Bugfix_Highlights | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/362012 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/RGII-7JEQ7L | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2586 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45182 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45183 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6269 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
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