CVE-2008-4718

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in help/mini.php in X7 Chat 2.0.1 A1 and earlier allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the help_file parameter, a different vector than CVE-2006-2156.

Published: 2008-10-23 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-4718 is rated High Exploit Risk (79.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.67%, 90th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.37% 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-2008-4718

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6607 exploit_db edb 2008-09-27 Exploit-DB ↗
6592 exploit_db edb 2008-09-27 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4718

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 2025-12-14 2.29% 5.67% +3.37%
2 2025-12-13 1.72% 2.29% +0.58%
3 2025-10-23 — 1.72% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4718

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-2008-4718

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4718

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
x7_group x7_chat <= 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:x7_group:x7_chat:*:alpha_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
x7_group x7_chat 1.0.0b cpe:2.3:a:x7_group:x7_chat:1.0.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x7_group x7_chat 1.1.1b cpe:2.3:a:x7_group:x7_chat:1.1.1b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x7_group x7_chat 1.1.2b cpe:2.3:a:x7_group:x7_chat:1.1.2b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x7_group x7_chat 1.2.0b cpe:2.3:a:x7_group:x7_chat:1.2.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x7_group x7_chat 1.3.0b cpe:2.3:a:x7_group:x7_chat:1.3.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x7_group x7_chat 1.3.1b cpe:2.3:a:x7_group:x7_chat:1.3.1b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x7_group x7_chat 1.3.2b cpe:2.3:a:x7_group:x7_chat:1.3.2b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x7_group x7_chat 1.3.3b cpe:2.3:a:x7_group:x7_chat:1.3.3b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x7_group x7_chat 1.3.4b cpe:2.3:a:x7_group:x7_chat:1.3.4b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x7_group x7_chat 1.3.5b cpe:2.3:a:x7_group:x7_chat:1.3.5b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x7_group x7_chat 1.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:x7_group:x7_chat:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x7_group x7_chat 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:x7_group:x7_chat:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4718

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