CVE-2008-4894

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in templates/mytribiqsite/tribal-GPL-1066/includes/header.inc.php in Tribiq CMS 5.0.10a, when register_globals is enabled and magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the template_path parameter. NOTE: it was later reported that this issue also affects 5.0.12c.

Published: 2008-11-04 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-4894 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.83%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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-2008-4894

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6888 exploit_db edb 2008-10-31 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4894

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 2025-12-25 3.01% 3.83% +0.82%
2 2025-12-18 1.66% 3.01% +1.35%
3 2025-11-04 1.66%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4894

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-4894

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4894

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tribiq tribiq_cms 5.0.10a cpe:2.3:a:tribiq:tribiq_cms:5.0.10a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4894

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