CVE-2008-2483

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in Xomol CMS 1.20071213 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the op parameter.

Published: 2008-05-28 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-2483 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.46%). 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-2008-2483

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5673 exploit_db edb 2008-05-25 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2483

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 2026-05-05 4.02% 4.46% +0.44%
2 2025-12-02 2.88% 4.02% +1.14%
3 2025-07-18 2.88%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2483

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-2008-2483

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2483

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xomol xomol_cms 1.20071213 cpe:2.3:a:xomol:xomol_cms:1.20071213:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2483

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