CVE-2008-6592

Exp

thumbsup.php in Thumbs-Up 1.12, as used in LightNEasy "no database" (aka flat) and SQLite 1.2.2 and earlier, allows remote attackers to copy, rename, and read arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the image parameter with a modified cache_dir parameter containing a %00 (encoded null byte).

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-2008-6592 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.5/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.03%, 92th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.45% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-6592

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-2008-6592

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 2026-05-24 5.58% 7.03% +1.45%
2 2026-04-03 5.04% 5.58% +0.55%
3 2025-11-29 — 5.04% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6592

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-6592

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6592

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-2008-6592

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