CVE-2008-5881 — Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in playSMS 0.9.3 allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the (1) gateway_module parameter to plugin/gateway/gnokii/init.php and the (2) themes_module parameter to plugin/themes/default/init.php

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Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in playSMS 0.9.3 allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the (1) gateway_module parameter to plugin/gateway/gnokii/init.php and the (2) themes_module parameter to plugin/themes/default/init.php

Published Jan 9, 2009

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 7.27%

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in playSMS 0.9.3 allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the (1) gateway_module parameter to plugin/gateway/gnokii/init.php and the (2) themes_module parameter to plugin/themes/default/init.php.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

7.27% 0.07267

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

EPSS probability 0.07267

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 (14 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	7.27% (0.07267)	94.16th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	7.27% (0.07267)	93.53th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 1, 2026	6.22% (0.06224)	90.75th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Jan 9, 2026	4.57% (0.04570)	88.87th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 30, 2025	3.42% (0.03418)	86.33th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	4.75% (0.04747)	81.98th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	3.42% (0.03418)	86.62th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.45% (0.00450)	75.93th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.45% (0.00450)	74.36th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.45% (0.00450)	71.16th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-22

Path Traversal

References (4)

http://secunia.com/advisories/33386
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4888
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33138
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7687
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/33386		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4888		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33138		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7687		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jan 9, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Jan 9, 2009

Link CVE-2008-5881

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-5881

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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