CVE-2008-3415

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in common.php in CMScout 2.05, when .htaccess is not supported, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the bit parameter, as demonstrated by an upload to avatar/ of a .jpg file containing PHP sequences.

Published: 2008-07-31 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-3415 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.50%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-3415

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6142 exploit_db edb 2008-07-27 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3415

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 2025-12-11 6.75% 7.50% +0.76%
2 2025-09-20 5.35% 6.75% +1.40%
3 2025-07-31 5.35%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3415

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-3415

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3415

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cmscout cmscout 2.05 cpe:2.3:a:cmscout:cmscout:2.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3415

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