CVE-2008-3365

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in Pixelpost 1.7.1 on Windows, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the language_full parameter.

Published: 2008-07-30 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-3365 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.80%). 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-2008-3365

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6150 exploit_db edb 2008-07-28 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3365

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 9.33% 3.80% -5.53%
2 2025-12-28 12.13% 9.33% -2.81%
3 2025-12-27 12.13%

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3365

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-2008-3365

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-3365

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu negligible CVE-2008-3365 negligible priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (pixelpost), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, upstream): DNE 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-3365

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3365

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pixelpost pixelpost 1.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:pixelpost:pixelpost:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3365

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