CVE-2008-0158

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in Shop-Script 2.0 and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the aux_page parameter.

Published: 2008-01-09 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-0158 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.15%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-0158

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
4855 exploit_db edb 2008-01-06 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0158

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 3.66% 2.15% -1.51%
2 2025-12-16 3.29% 3.66% +0.36%
3 2025-11-21 3.29%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-0158

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-0158

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-0158

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
shop-script shop-script 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:shop-script:shop-script:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-0158

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