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CVE-2008-5587

medium · 4.3

A public exploit / detection template exists

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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.

4.3
CVSS
12.9%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
96th
EPSS percentile
2008-12-16
Published

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
phppgadminphppgadmin<= 4.2.1
phppgadminphppgadmin2.2
phppgadminphppgadmin2.2.1
phppgadminphppgadmin3.1
phppgadminphppgadmin3.4.1
phppgadminphppgadmin3.5
phppgadminphppgadmin3.5.2
phppgadminphppgadmin3.5.3
phppgadminphppgadmin4.1.1

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References

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