CVE-2008-6825

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in user/index.php in Fonality trixbox CE 2.6.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the langChoice parameter.

Published: 2009-06-05 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-6825 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 20.27%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 4 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-2008-6825

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16904 exploit_db edb 2011-01-08 Exploit-DB ↗
6045 exploit_db edb 2008-07-12 Exploit-DB ↗
6026 exploit_db edb 2008-07-09 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6825

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 63.30% 20.27% -43.03%
2 2025-03-30 63.35% 63.30% -0.06%
3 2025-03-29 63.35%

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6825

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-2008-6825

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6825

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
trixbox trixbox <= 2.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:trixbox:trixbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trixbox trixbox 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:trixbox:trixbox:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trixbox trixbox 2.4.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:trixbox:trixbox:2.4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6825

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