CVE-2008-4075

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in D-iscussion Board 3.01 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the topic parameter.

Published: 2008-09-15 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-4075 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.90%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-4075

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6430 exploit_db edb 2008-09-11 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4075

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 3.46% 1.90% -1.56%
2 2025-12-12 2.47% 3.46% +0.99%
3 2025-11-05 — 2.47% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4075

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-2008-4075

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4075

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dino d-iscussion_board 3.01 cpe:2.3:a:dino:d-iscussion_board:3.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4075

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