CVE-2008-4158

Exp

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in index.php in Zanfi CMS lite 1.2 allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) flag and (2) inc parameters.

Published: 2008-09-22 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-4158 is rated High Exploit Risk (74/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.29%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.46% 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-2008-4158

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6413 exploit_db edb 2008-09-10 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4158

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 1.84% 3.29% +1.46%
2 2025-11-12 1.25% 1.84% +0.58%
3 2025-09-22 1.25%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4158

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-2008-4158

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4158

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
zanfi_solutions zanfi_cms_lite 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:zanfi_solutions:zanfi_cms_lite:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4158

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