CVE-2008-6201

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in help.php in the eskuel module in KwsPHP 1.3.456, as available before 20080416, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the action parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2009-02-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-6201 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.06%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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-2008-6201

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5449 exploit_db edb 2008-04-14 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6201

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 8.52% 3.06% -5.46%
2 2026-04-12 6.79% 8.52% +1.73%
3 2026-02-20 6.79%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6201

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-2008-6201

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2008-6201

Comment: Hyperlink Record 1058675 indicates: "Successful exploitation of the vulnerability for executing arbitrary uploaded PHP code requires valid user credentials."

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6201

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kwsphp kwsphp 1.3.456 cpe:2.3:a:kwsphp:kwsphp:1.3.456:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6201

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