CVE-2008-6833

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in commsrss.php in fuzzylime (cms) before 3.01b allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in a files array element for a blogs action, as demonstrated by the files[0] parameter.

Published: 2009-06-22 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-6833 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.21%). Core evidence: 1 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-2008-6833

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6060 exploit_db edb 2008-07-13 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6833

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 2025-11-11 2.48% 2.21% -0.27%
2 2025-03-30 4.18% 2.48% -1.70%
3 2025-03-29 4.18%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6833

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-6833

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6833

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
fuzzylime fuzzylime_\(cms\) 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:fuzzylime:fuzzylime_\(cms\):3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fuzzylime fuzzylime_\(cms\) 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:fuzzylime:fuzzylime_\(cms\):3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fuzzylime fuzzylime_\(cms\) 3.0.1a cpe:2.3:a:fuzzylime:fuzzylime_\(cms\):3.0.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6833

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