CVE-2008-5862

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in webcamXP 5.3.2.375 and 5.3.2.410 build 2132 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..%2F (encoded dot dot slash) in the URI.

Published: 2009-01-06 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-5862 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 12.55%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.04% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-5862

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7521 exploit_db edb 2008-12-19 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5862

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 11.52% 12.55% +1.04%
2 2026-01-06 11.25% 11.52% +0.26%
3 2025-12-28 11.25%

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5862

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:P/I:N/A:N 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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5862

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5862

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
webcamxp webcamxp 5.3.2.375 cpe:2.3:a:webcamxp:webcamxp:5.3.2.375:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webcamxp webcamxp 5.3.2.410 cpe:2.3:a:webcamxp:webcamxp:5.3.2.410:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5862

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