CVE-2008-5272

Exp

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Fred Stuurman SyndeoCMS 2.6.0 allow remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the template parameter to (1) starnet/editors/fckeditor/studenteditor.php; (2) starnet/modules/sn_news/edit_content.php, reached through starnet/index.php; and (3) starnet/modules/sn_newsletter/edit_content.php, reached through starnet/index.php.

Published: 2008-11-28 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5272 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.88%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-5272

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5779 exploit_db edb 2008-06-10 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5272

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 2026-01-18 2.28% 2.88% +0.60%
2 2025-11-28 2.05% 2.28% +0.23%
3 2025-03-19 — 2.05% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5272

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5272

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2008-5272

Solution: Solution: Update to version 2.6.02. http://sourceforge.net/project/showfi...ckage_id=220740&release_id=610817

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5272

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
syndeocms syndeocms 2.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:syndeocms:syndeocms:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5272

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