CVE-2008-3195
Directory traversal vulnerability in bin/configure in TWiki before 4.2.3, when a certain step in the installation guide is skipped, allows…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 8.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in bin/configure in TWiki before 4.2.3, when a certain step in the installation guide is skipped, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a query string containing a .. (dot dot) in the image variable, and execute arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits3
Exploit-DB2 entries
- TWiki 4.2.2 - 'action' Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 6509webapps, cgipublished 21 Sept 2008Verified
- TWiki 4.2.0 - 'configure' Remote File Disclosure (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 6269webapps, cgipublished 19 Aug 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 6269 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
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 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.3% · top 5.0% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- 31849 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 6269 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 4265 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 31964 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/RGII-7JEQ7L (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2586 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- twiki-configure-image-command-execution(45183) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2008-3195 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiRelease04x02x03#4_2_3_Bugfix_Highlights (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- twiki-configure-directory-traversal(45182) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- VU#362012 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_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-2008-3185 (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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