CVE-2008-1861

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in modules/threadstop/threadstop.php in ExBB Italia 0.22 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled and magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the exbb[default_lang] parameter.

Published: 2008-04-17 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-1861 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.25%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2008-1861

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5405 exploit_db edb 2008-04-08 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1861

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 2026-03-25 3.83% 4.25% +0.42%
2 2025-11-28 2.43% 3.83% +1.40%
3 2025-06-07 — 2.43% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-1861

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
 4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-1861

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-1861

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
exbb exbb_italia <= 0.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:exbb:exbb_italia:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-1861

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