CVE-2008-6590

Exp

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in LightNEasy "no database" (aka flat) version 1.2.2, and possibly SQLite version 1.2.2, allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the page parameter to (1) index.php and (2) LightNEasy.php.

Published: 2009-04-03 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-6590 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.37%). 2 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-2008-6590

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5452 exploit_db edb 2008-04-15 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6590

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 3.74% 3.37% -0.37%
2 2026-05-24 2.97% 3.74% +0.77%
3 2026-04-03 — 2.97% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6590

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-2008-6590

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6590

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
lightneasy lightneasy 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:lightneasy:lightneasy:1.2.2:*:no_database:*:*:*:*:*
sqlite sqlite 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:sqlite:sqlite:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6590

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