CVE-2008-5818

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in eDreamers eDContainer 2.22, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the lg parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2009-01-02 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5818 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.96%). 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-2008-5818

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7604 exploit_db edb 2008-12-29 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5818

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 4.02% 1.96% -2.06%
2 2026-02-22 3.16% 4.02% +0.86%
3 2026-01-02 — 3.16% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5818

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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: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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5818

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5818

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
edreamers edcontainer 2.22 cpe:2.3:a:edreamers:edcontainer:2.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5818

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