CVE-2008-5587

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in libraries/lib.inc.php in phpPgAdmin 4.2.1 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the _language parameter to index.php.

Published: 2008-12-16 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5587 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.15%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2008-5587

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7363 exploit_db edb 2008-12-06 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5587

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 2026-05-12 2.31% 2.15% -0.15%
2 2026-02-05 1.99% 2.31% +0.32%
3 2025-05-28 — 1.99% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5587

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5587

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-5587

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2008-5587 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (phppgadmin), 3 status rows across 3 suites (forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5587
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5587
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-5587 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (phppgadmin), 11 status rows across 11 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): not-affected 6, ignored 4, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5587

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5587

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phppgadmin phppgadmin <= 4.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phppgadmin phppgadmin 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phppgadmin phppgadmin 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phppgadmin phppgadmin 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phppgadmin phppgadmin 3.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phppgadmin phppgadmin 3.5 cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phppgadmin phppgadmin 3.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phppgadmin phppgadmin 3.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:3.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phppgadmin phppgadmin 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5587

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