CVE-2008-4528

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in notes.php in Phlatline's Personal Information Manager (pPIM) 1.01 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the id parameter in an edit action.

Published: 2008-10-09 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-4528 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.55%). 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2008-4528

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
8105 exploit_db edb 2009-02-25 Exploit-DB ↗
6667 exploit_db edb 2008-10-04 Exploit-DB ↗
6231 exploit_db edb 2008-08-11 Exploit-DB ↗
6215 exploit_db edb 2008-08-10 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4528

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 5.01% 2.55% -2.46%
2 2025-12-14 1.91% 5.01% +3.10%
3 2025-11-29 — 1.91% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4528

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-4528

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4528

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phlatline personal_information_manager 1.01 cpe:2.3:a:phlatline:personal_information_manager:1.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4528

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