CVE-2008-2645
Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in Brim (formerly Booby) 1.0.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 39.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in Brim (formerly Booby) 1.0.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the renderer parameter to template.tpl.php in (1) barrel/, (2) barry/, (3) mylook/, (4) oerdec/, (5) penguin/, (6) sidebar/, (7) slashdot/, and (8) text-only/ in templates/. NOTE: this can also be leveraged to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Booby 1.0.1 - Multiple Remote File Inclusions (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 5722webapps, phppublished 2 Jun 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 5722 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Published
- 16 years later
· 16 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)
- 39.0% · top 1.4% of all CVEs (10 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
References
4
- ADV-2008-1718 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 5722 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- booby-renderer-file-include(42784) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 29469 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2008-2640 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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