CVE-2008-3770
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Freeway 1.4.1.171, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to include and…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 2.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 16% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 8Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Freeway 1.4.1.171, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the language parameter to (1) includes/events_application_top.php; (2) english/account.php, (3) french/account.php, and (4) french/account_newsletters.php in includes/languages/; (5) includes/modules/faqdesk/faqdesk_article_require.php; (6) includes/modules/newsdesk/newsdesk_article_require.php; (7) card1.php, (8) loginbox.php, and (9) whos_online.php in templates/Freeway/boxes/; and (10) templates/Freeway/mainpage_modules/mainpage.php. NOTE: vector 1 may be the same as CVE-2008-3677.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 8 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits8
Exploit-DB8 entries
- Freeway 1.4.1.171 - '/english/account.php?language' Traversal Local File Inclusion (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 32259webapps, phppublished 18 Aug 2008Verified
- Freeway 1.4.1.171 - '/french/account_newsletters.php?language' Traversal Local File Inclusion (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 32264webapps, phppublished 18 Aug 2008Verified
- Freeway 1.4.1.171 - '/includes/modules/faqdesk/faqdesk_article_require.php?language' Traversal Local File Inclusion (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 32265webapps, phppublished 18 Aug 2008Verified
- Freeway 1.4.1.171 - '/includes/modules/newsdesk/newsdesk_article_require.php?language' Traversal Local File Inclusion (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 32266webapps, phppublished 18 Aug 2008Verified
- Freeway 1.4.1.171 - '/templates/Freeway/boxes/card1.php?language' Traversal Local File Inclusion (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 32267webapps, phppublished 18 Aug 2008Verified
- Freeway 1.4.1.171 - '/templates/Freeway/boxes/loginbox.php?language' Traversal Local File Inclusion (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 32268webapps, phppublished 18 Aug 2008Verified
- Freeway 1.4.1.171 - '/templates/Freeway/boxes/whos_online.php?language' Traversal Local File Inclusion (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 32269webapps, phppublished 18 Aug 2008Verified
- Freeway 1.4.1.171 - '/templates/Freeway/mainpage_modules/mainpage.php?language' Traversal Local File Inclusion (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 32270webapps, phppublished 18 Aug 2008Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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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 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (9 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
6
- freeway-language-directory-traversal(45037) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 30731 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 31475 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.openfreeway.org/download/change-log.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 4181 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20080818 [DSECRG-08-036] Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Freeway eCommerce 1.4.1.171 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-2008-3756 (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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