CVE-2008-5878

Exp

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Phpclanwebsite (aka PCW) 1.23.3 Fix Pack 5 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled and register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) boxname parameter to theme/superchrome/box.php and the (2) theme parameter to phpclanwebsite/footer.php.

Published: 2009-01-08 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5878 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.92%). 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-2008-5878

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7515 exploit_db edb 2008-12-18 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5878

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 3.83% 1.92% -1.91%
2 2026-02-28 3.01% 3.83% +0.82%
3 2026-01-08 — 3.01% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5878

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-2008-5878

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5878

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpclanwebsite phpclanwebsite <= 1.23.3 cpe:2.3:a:phpclanwebsite:phpclanwebsite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpclanwebsite phpclanwebsite 1.20 cpe:2.3:a:phpclanwebsite:phpclanwebsite:1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpclanwebsite phpclanwebsite 1.21 cpe:2.3:a:phpclanwebsite:phpclanwebsite:1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpclanwebsite phpclanwebsite 1.22 cpe:2.3:a:phpclanwebsite:phpclanwebsite:1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpclanwebsite phpclanwebsite 1.23 cpe:2.3:a:phpclanwebsite:phpclanwebsite:1.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpclanwebsite phpclanwebsite 1.23.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpclanwebsite:phpclanwebsite:1.23.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpclanwebsite phpclanwebsite 1.23.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpclanwebsite:phpclanwebsite:1.23.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5878

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