CVE-2008-3164

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in blog.php in fuzzylime (cms) 3.01, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter. NOTE: it was later reported that 3.01a is also affected.

Published: 2008-07-14 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-3164 is rated High Exploit Risk (81/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 12.46%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.85% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2008-3164

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
32016 exploit_db edb 2008-07-07 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3164

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 2025-12-09 9.61% 12.46% +2.85%
2 2025-09-03 8.78% 9.61% +0.82%
3 2025-07-14 8.78%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3164

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.6 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
4.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-3164

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3164

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
fuzzylime fuzzylime_cms 3.01 cpe:2.3:a:fuzzylime:fuzzylime_cms:3.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3164

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