CVE-2008-3195

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in bin/configure in TWiki before 4.2.3, when a certain step in the installation guide is skipped, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a query string containing a .. (dot dot) in the image variable, and execute arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2008-09-18 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-3195 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 57.50%, 98th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +5.99% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2008-3195

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6509 exploit_db edb 2008-09-21 Exploit-DB ↗
6269 exploit_db edb 2008-08-19 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3195

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 2025-07-30 51.51% 57.50% +5.99%
2 2025-03-30 46.06% 51.51% +5.45%
3 2025-03-29 — 46.06% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3195

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-2008-3195

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-3195

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu low CVE-2008-3195 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (twiki), 12 status rows across 12 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): ignored 5, DNE 4, not-affected 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-3195

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3195

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
twiki twiki <= 4.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
twiki twiki 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
twiki twiki 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
twiki twiki 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
twiki twiki 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
twiki twiki 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
twiki twiki 4.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
twiki twiki 4.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
twiki twiki 4.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
twiki twiki 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
twiki twiki 4.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
twiki twiki 4.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
twiki twiki 4.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3195

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