CVE-2008-7178 - Directory traversal vulnerability in Uploader module 1.1 for XOOPS allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .

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HIGH

Directory traversal vulnerability in Uploader module 1.1 for XOOPS allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .

Published Sep 8, 2009

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.17%

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Uploader module 1.1 for XOOPS allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the filename parameter in a downloadfile action to index.php.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-22

Path Traversal

References (3)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29600
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42925
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5756
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29600		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42925		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5756		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 8, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Sep 7, 2009

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-7178

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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