CVE-2008-6316

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in _conf/core/common-tpl-vars.php in PHPmyGallery 1.0 beta2 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the lang parameter, a different issue than CVE-2008-6316 and a different vector than CVE-2008-6318.

Published: 2009-02-27 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-6316 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.97%). Core evidence: 3 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-2008-6316

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7399 exploit_db edb 2008-12-09 Exploit-DB ↗
7392 exploit_db edb 2008-12-09 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6316

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 3.65% 1.97% -1.68%
2 2026-04-19 3.14% 3.65% +0.51%
3 2026-02-27 3.14%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6316

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-2008-6316

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6316

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpmygallery phpmygallery 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpmygallery:phpmygallery:1.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6316

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