CVE-2008-5291

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in code/track.php in FuzzyLime 3.03 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the p parameter, a different vector than CVE-2007-4805 and CVE-2008-3165.

Published: 2008-12-01 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-5291 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.50%). 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-2008-5291

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7231 exploit_db edb 2008-11-25 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5291

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 3.89% 2.50% -1.40%
2 2026-01-21 3.06% 3.89% +0.83%
3 2025-12-20 3.06%

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5291

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-2008-5291

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5291

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
fuzzylime fuzzylime_cms 3.03 cpe:2.3:a:fuzzylime:fuzzylime_cms:3.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5291

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