CVE-2008-3770

Exp

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Freeway 1.4.1.171, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the language parameter to (1) includes/events_application_top.php; (2) english/account.php, (3) french/account.php, and (4) french/account_newsletters.php in includes/languages/; (5) includes/modules/faqdesk/faqdesk_article_require.php; (6) includes/modules/newsdesk/newsdesk_article_require.php; (7) card1.php, (8) loginbox.php, and (9) whos_online.php in templates/Freeway/boxes/; and (10) templates/Freeway/mainpage_modules/mainpage.php. NOTE: vector 1 may be the same as CVE-2008-3677.

Published: 2008-08-22 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-3770 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.65%). Core evidence: 9 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-2008-3770

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
32270 exploit_db edb 2008-08-18 Exploit-DB ↗
32269 exploit_db edb 2008-08-18 Exploit-DB ↗
32268 exploit_db edb 2008-08-18 Exploit-DB ↗
32267 exploit_db edb 2008-08-18 Exploit-DB ↗
32266 exploit_db edb 2008-08-18 Exploit-DB ↗
32265 exploit_db edb 2008-08-18 Exploit-DB ↗
32264 exploit_db edb 2008-08-18 Exploit-DB ↗
32259 exploit_db edb 2008-08-18 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3770

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 2025-11-26 6.25% 5.65% -0.60%
2 2025-10-12 5.40% 6.25% +0.85%
3 2025-08-22 5.40%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3770

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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: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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-3770

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3770

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openfreeway freeway 1.4.1.171 cpe:2.3:a:openfreeway:freeway:1.4.1.171:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3770

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