CVE-2008-0252
Directory traversal vulnerability in the _get_file_path function in (1) lib/sessions.py in CherryPy 3.0.x up to 3.0.2, (2)…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 2.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 14% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the _get_file_path function in (1) lib/sessions.py in CherryPy 3.0.x up to 3.0.2, (2) filter/sessionfilter.py in CherryPy 2.1, and (3) filter/sessionfilter.py in CherryPy 2.x allows remote attackers to create or delete arbitrary files, and possibly read and write portions of arbitrary files, via a crafted session id in a cookie.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 14% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIcherrypyGHSA-76x8-gg39-5jjg (opens in a new tab)
References
18
- http://www.cherrypy.org/changeset/1775 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0039 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- GLSA-200801-11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 27181 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-1481 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204829 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.cherrypy.org/changeset/1776 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.cherrypy.org/changeset/1774 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2127 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20080124 rPSA-2008-0030-1 CherryPy (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-0333 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 28769 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.cherrypy.org/ticket/744 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 28353 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28611 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28354 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28620 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-0299 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-0001 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-76x8-gg39-5jjg (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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