CVE-2008-3723

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in PHPizabi 0.848b C1 HFP3 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via (1) a .. (dot dot), (2) a URL, or possibly (3) a full pathname in the id parameter in an admin.templates.edittemplate action. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2008-08-20 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-3723 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.82%). Core evidence: 4 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-2008-3723

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
32251 exploit_db edb 2008-08-15 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3723

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 2025-10-10 3.03% 3.82% +0.78%
2 2025-09-16 2.51% 3.03% +0.53%
3 2025-08-20 2.51%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3723

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
6.8 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-3723

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2008-3723

Comment: Attacker must have administrative access In order to exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code, the attacker would first be required to upload a malicious file or inject arbitrary commands into an existing file.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3723

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpizabi phpizabi 0.848b cpe:2.3:a:phpizabi:phpizabi:0.848b:c1_hfp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3723

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