CVE-2008-1512

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in admin/admin_xs.php in eXtreme Styles module (XS-Mod) 2.3.1 and 2.4.0 for phpBB allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the phpEx parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2008-03-25 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-1512 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.30%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.34% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-1512

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5301 exploit_db edb 2008-03-24 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1512

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 0.96% 2.30% +1.34%
2 2026-03-02 0.86% 0.96% +0.10%
3 2025-11-28 — 0.86% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-1512

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-1512

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-1512

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpbb module_xs 2.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:module_xs:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb module_xs 2.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:module_xs:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-1512

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