CVE-2008-0566

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in includes/smarty.php in DeltaScripts PHP Links 1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the full_path_to_public_program parameter.

Published: 2008-02-05 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-0566 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.62%). 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-2008-0566

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5022 exploit_db edb 2008-01-30 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0566

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 2026-03-02 4.74% 4.62% -0.11%
2 2025-11-23 5.52% 4.74% -0.78%
3 2025-07-01 5.52%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-0566

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-0566

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-0566

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
deltascripts php_links 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:deltascripts:php_links:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-0566

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