CVE-2008-5989

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in defs.php in PHPcounter 1.3.2 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the l parameter.

Published: 2009-01-28 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5989 is rated High Exploit Risk (74/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.54%). 2 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-2008-5989

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6553 exploit_db edb 2008-09-24 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5989

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 2026-03-20 3.91% 4.54% +0.63%
2 2026-01-28 3.52% 3.91% +0.39%
3 2025-12-13 — 3.52% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5989

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-2008-5989

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5989

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpcounter phpcounter <= 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpcounter:phpcounter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpcounter phpcounter 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpcounter:phpcounter:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpcounter phpcounter 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpcounter:phpcounter:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpcounter phpcounter 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpcounter:phpcounter:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpcounter phpcounter 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:phpcounter:phpcounter:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpcounter phpcounter 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:phpcounter:phpcounter:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpcounter phpcounter 1.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:phpcounter:phpcounter:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpcounter phpcounter 1.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:phpcounter:phpcounter:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpcounter phpcounter 1.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:phpcounter:phpcounter:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpcounter phpcounter 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpcounter:phpcounter:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpcounter phpcounter 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpcounter:phpcounter:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5989

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