Directory traversal vulnerability in the user_get_profile function in include/functions.inc.php in Coppermine Photo Gallery (CPG) 1.4.18 and earlier, when the charset is utf-8, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the lang part of serialized data in an _data cookie.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-3486 is rated High Exploit Risk (79.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.30%, 93th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.41% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6178 | exploit_db | edb | 2008-07-31 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 3.89% | 6.30% | +2.41% |
| 2 | 2025-12-28 | 3.36% | 3.89% | +0.53% |
| 3 | 2025-12-27 | — | 3.36% | — |
Full EPSS history (18 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
: http://secunia.com/advisories/31295: "Successful exploitation requires that "Character encoding" is set to "Unicode (recommended) (utf-8)", which is the default value."
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| coppermine-gallery | coppermine_photo_gallery | <= 1.4.18 | cpe:2.3:a:coppermine-gallery:coppermine_photo_gallery:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| coppermine-gallery | coppermine_photo_gallery | 1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:coppermine-gallery:coppermine_photo_gallery:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| coppermine-gallery | coppermine_photo_gallery | 1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:coppermine-gallery:coppermine_photo_gallery:1.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| coppermine-gallery | coppermine_photo_gallery | 1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:coppermine-gallery:coppermine_photo_gallery:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| coppermine-gallery | coppermine_photo_gallery | 1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:coppermine-gallery:coppermine_photo_gallery:1.1:beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| coppermine-gallery | coppermine_photo_gallery | 1.1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:coppermine-gallery:coppermine_photo_gallery:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| coppermine-gallery | coppermine_photo_gallery | 1.2.0 | cpe:2.3:a:coppermine-gallery:coppermine_photo_gallery:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| coppermine-gallery | coppermine_photo_gallery | 1.2.0 | cpe:2.3:a:coppermine-gallery:coppermine_photo_gallery:1.2.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| coppermine-gallery | coppermine_photo_gallery | 1.2.1 | cpe:2.3:a:coppermine-gallery:coppermine_photo_gallery:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| coppermine-gallery | coppermine_photo_gallery | 1.2.1 | cpe:2.3:a:coppermine-gallery:coppermine_photo_gallery:1.2.1:b:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| coppermine-gallery | coppermine_photo_gallery | 1.2.1 | cpe:2.3:a:coppermine-gallery:coppermine_photo_gallery:1.2.1:b-nuke:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| coppermine-gallery | coppermine_photo_gallery | 1.3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:coppermine-gallery:coppermine_photo_gallery:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| coppermine-gallery | coppermine_photo_gallery | 1.4 | cpe:2.3:a:coppermine-gallery:coppermine_photo_gallery:1.4:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| coppermine-gallery | coppermine_photo_gallery | 1.4.0 | cpe:2.3:a:coppermine-gallery:coppermine_photo_gallery:1.4.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| coppermine-gallery | coppermine_photo_gallery | 1.4.1 | cpe:2.3:a:coppermine-gallery:coppermine_photo_gallery:1.4.1:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| coppermine-gallery | coppermine_photo_gallery | 1.4.2 | cpe:2.3:a:coppermine-gallery:coppermine_photo_gallery:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| coppermine-gallery | coppermine_photo_gallery | 1.4.3 | cpe:2.3:a:coppermine-gallery:coppermine_photo_gallery:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| coppermine-gallery | coppermine_photo_gallery | 1.4.4 | cpe:2.3:a:coppermine-gallery:coppermine_photo_gallery:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| coppermine-gallery | coppermine_photo_gallery | 1.4.5 | cpe:2.3:a:coppermine-gallery:coppermine_photo_gallery:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| coppermine-gallery | coppermine_photo_gallery | 1.4.6 | cpe:2.3:a:coppermine-gallery:coppermine_photo_gallery:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| coppermine-gallery | coppermine_photo_gallery | 1.4.7 | cpe:2.3:a:coppermine-gallery:coppermine_photo_gallery:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| coppermine-gallery | coppermine_photo_gallery | 1.4.8 | cpe:2.3:a:coppermine-gallery:coppermine_photo_gallery:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| coppermine-gallery | coppermine_photo_gallery | 1.4.9 | cpe:2.3:a:coppermine-gallery:coppermine_photo_gallery:1.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| coppermine-gallery | coppermine_photo_gallery | 1.4.10 | cpe:2.3:a:coppermine-gallery:coppermine_photo_gallery:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| coppermine-gallery | coppermine_photo_gallery | 1.4.11 | cpe:2.3:a:coppermine-gallery:coppermine_photo_gallery:1.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| coppermine-gallery | coppermine_photo_gallery | 1.4.12 | cpe:2.3:a:coppermine-gallery:coppermine_photo_gallery:1.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| coppermine-gallery | coppermine_photo_gallery | 1.4.13 | cpe:2.3:a:coppermine-gallery:coppermine_photo_gallery:1.4.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| coppermine-gallery | coppermine_photo_gallery | 1.4.14 | cpe:2.3:a:coppermine-gallery:coppermine_photo_gallery:1.4.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| coppermine-gallery | coppermine_photo_gallery | 1.4.15 | cpe:2.3:a:coppermine-gallery:coppermine_photo_gallery:1.4.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| coppermine-gallery | coppermine_photo_gallery | 1.4.16 | cpe:2.3:a:coppermine-gallery:coppermine_photo_gallery:1.4.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| coppermine-gallery | coppermine_photo_gallery | 1.4.17 | cpe:2.3:a:coppermine-gallery:coppermine_photo_gallery:1.4.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |