CVE-2008-3486

Exp

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.

Published: 2008-08-06 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

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.

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-2008-3486

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6178 exploit_db edb 2008-07-31 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3486

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)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3486

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-2008-3486

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2008-3486

Impact: http://secunia.com/advisories/31295: "Successful exploitation requires that "Character encoding" is set to "Unicode (recommended) (utf-8)", which is the default value."

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3486

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3486

cvelogic Threat Intelligence