CVE-2008-3589

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in download.php in moziloCMS 1.10.1, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the cat parameter.

Published: 2008-08-11 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-3589 is rated High Exploit Risk (65/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.51%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.72% 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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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-3589

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6194 exploit_db edb 2008-08-02 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3589

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 2025-12-12 2.79% 4.51% +1.72%
2 2025-10-01 2.21% 2.79% +0.58%
3 2025-08-11 2.21%

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3589

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-3589

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3589

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilo mozilocms 1.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilo:mozilocms:1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3589

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