CVE-2008-5860

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in backend/template.php in Constructr CMS 3.02.5 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled and magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to create or read arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the edit_file parameter.

Published: 2009-01-06 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5860 is rated High Exploit Risk (67/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.83%). 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-2008-5860

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7529 exploit_db edb 2008-12-19 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5860

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 2026-02-26 3.01% 3.83% +0.82%
2 2026-01-06 2.71% 3.01% +0.31%
3 2025-12-29 — 2.71% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5860

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
 4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5860

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5860

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
constructr constructr-cms <= 3.02.5 cpe:2.3:a:constructr:constructr-cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
constructr constructr-cms 3.00.0 cpe:2.3:a:constructr:constructr-cms:3.00.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
constructr constructr-cms 3.00.1 cpe:2.3:a:constructr:constructr-cms:3.00.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
constructr constructr-cms 3.00.2 cpe:2.3:a:constructr:constructr-cms:3.00.2:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
constructr constructr-cms 3.01.0 cpe:2.3:a:constructr:constructr-cms:3.01.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
constructr constructr-cms 3.01.1 cpe:2.3:a:constructr:constructr-cms:3.01.1:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
constructr constructr-cms 3.01.2 cpe:2.3:a:constructr:constructr-cms:3.01.2:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
constructr constructr-cms 3.01.3 cpe:2.3:a:constructr:constructr-cms:3.01.3:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
constructr constructr-cms 3.01.4 cpe:2.3:a:constructr:constructr-cms:3.01.4:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
constructr constructr-cms 3.01.5 cpe:2.3:a:constructr:constructr-cms:3.01.5:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
constructr constructr-cms 3.01.6 cpe:2.3:a:constructr:constructr-cms:3.01.6:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
constructr constructr-cms 3.01.7 cpe:2.3:a:constructr:constructr-cms:3.01.7:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
constructr constructr-cms 3.01.8 cpe:2.3:a:constructr:constructr-cms:3.01.8:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
constructr constructr-cms 3.01.9 cpe:2.3:a:constructr:constructr-cms:3.01.9:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
constructr constructr-cms 3.02.0 cpe:2.3:a:constructr:constructr-cms:3.02.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
constructr constructr-cms 3.02.1 cpe:2.3:a:constructr:constructr-cms:3.02.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
constructr constructr-cms 3.02.2 cpe:2.3:a:constructr:constructr-cms:3.02.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
constructr constructr-cms 3.02.3 cpe:2.3:a:constructr:constructr-cms:3.02.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
constructr constructr-cms 3.02.4 cpe:2.3:a:constructr:constructr-cms:3.02.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5860

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