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CVE-2008-5587

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-22 Path Traversal
Publication date:
16/12/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in libraries/lib.inc.php in phpPgAdmin 4.2.1 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the _language parameter to index.php.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.2.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:3.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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