CVE-2008-5794

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in system/admin/images.php in LoveCMS 1.6.2 Final allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the delete parameter.

Published: 2008-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-5794 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.60%). Core evidence: 2 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-2008-5794

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7022 exploit_db edb 2008-11-06 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5794

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 3.87% 2.60% -1.26%
2 2026-02-20 3.51% 3.87% +0.36%
3 2025-12-31 3.51%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5794

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5794

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5794

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
lovecms lovecms 1.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:lovecms:lovecms:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5794

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