CVE-2008-6290

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in includefile.php in nicLOR Sito, when register_globals is enabled or magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the page_file parameter.

Published: 2009-02-26 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-6290 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.83%). 1 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-2008-6290

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6990 exploit_db edb 2008-11-04 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6290

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 2026-04-18 3.01% 3.83% +0.82%
2 2026-02-26 2.71% 3.01% +0.31%
3 2025-12-19 — 2.71% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6290

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-2008-6290

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6290

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
niclor include_sito — cpe:2.3:a:niclor:include_sito:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6290

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