CVE-2008-4602

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in Post Affiliate Pro 2.0 allows remote authenticated users to read and possibly execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the md parameter.

Published: 2008-10-18 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-4602 is rated High Exploit Risk (72/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.82%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.04% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-4602

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6772 exploit_db edb 2008-10-16 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4602

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 2025-12-17 1.78% 2.82% +1.04%
2 2025-12-07 1.21% 1.78% +0.57%
3 2025-10-17 — 1.21% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4602

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-4602

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4602

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
qualityunit post_affiliate_pro 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:qualityunit:post_affiliate_pro:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4602

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