CVE-2008-5965

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in LokiCMS 0.3.4 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to check for the existence of arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the page parameter.

Published: 2009-01-26 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5965 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.42%, 93th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.43% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-5965

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6737 exploit_db edb 2008-10-12 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5965

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 2.99% 6.42% +3.43%
2 2026-03-18 2.37% 2.99% +0.62%
3 2026-01-26 — 2.37% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5965

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-2008-5965

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5965

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
lokicms lokicms <= 0.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:lokicms:lokicms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lokicms lokicms 0.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:lokicms:lokicms:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lokicms lokicms 0.1.0rc1 cpe:2.3:a:lokicms:lokicms:0.1.0rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lokicms lokicms 0.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:lokicms:lokicms:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lokicms lokicms 0.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:lokicms:lokicms:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lokicms lokicms 0.3.1b1 cpe:2.3:a:lokicms:lokicms:0.3.1b1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lokicms lokicms 0.3.1b2 cpe:2.3:a:lokicms:lokicms:0.3.1b2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lokicms lokicms 0.3.2b1 cpe:2.3:a:lokicms:lokicms:0.3.2b1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lokicms lokicms 0.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:lokicms:lokicms:0.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5965

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