GHSA-76x8-gg39-5jjg · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — CherryPy Malicious cookies allow access to files outside the session directory
Directory traversal vulnerability in the _get_file_path function in (1) lib/sessions.py in CherryPy 3.0.x up to 3.0.2, (2) filter/sessionfilter.py in CherryPy 2.1, and (3) filter/sessionfilter.py in CherryPy 2.x allows remote attackers to create or delete arbitrary files, and possibly read and write portions of arbitrary files, via a crafted session id in a cookie.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-0252 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.92%). Core evidence: 4 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
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| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2026-05-20 | 2.84% | 2.92% | +0.08% |
| 2 | 2026-02-06 | 2.19% | 2.84% | +0.66% |
| 3 | 2025-12-28 | — | 2.19% | — |
Full EPSS history (21 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
GHSA-76x8-gg39-5jjg · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — CherryPy Malicious cookies allow access to files outside the session directory
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2008-0252 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cherrypy3), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-0252 |
gentoo
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normal | CVE-2008-0252: 1 GLSA(s) (200801-11), 1 atom(s) (dev-python/cherrypy); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2008-0252 |
redhat
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— | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0252 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2008-0252 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (cherrypy3, python-cherrypy), 14 status rows across 7 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, upstream): not-affected 5, DNE 3, released 3, needed 2, ignored 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-0252 |