CVE-2008-7163

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in mods/Integrated/index.php in SineCMS 2.3.5 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via the sine[config][index_main] parameter.

Published: 2009-09-04 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-7163 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.12%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-7163

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
4854 exploit_db edb 2008-01-06 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-7163

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 2025-03-30 3.97% 2.12% -1.85%
2 2025-03-29 2.13% 3.97% +1.84%
3 2025-03-17 2.13%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-7163

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-2008-7163

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-7163

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sinecms sinecms <= 2.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:sinecms:sinecms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sinecms sinecms 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:sinecms:sinecms:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sinecms sinecms 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:sinecms:sinecms:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sinecms sinecms 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:sinecms:sinecms:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sinecms sinecms 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:sinecms:sinecms:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sinecms sinecms 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:sinecms:sinecms:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sinecms sinecms 2.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:sinecms:sinecms:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sinecms sinecms 2.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:sinecms:sinecms:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-7163

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