CVE-2008-4437
Directory traversal vulnerability in importxml.pl in Bugzilla before 2.22.5, and 3.x before 3.0.5, when --attach_path is enabled, allows…
- 7.1HighCVSS base score
- 5.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in importxml.pl in Bugzilla before 2.22.5, and 3.x before 3.0.5, when --attach_path is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an XML file with a .. (dot dot) in the data element.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Bugzilla 3.1.4 - '--attach_path' Directory Traversal (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 32228remote, linuxpublished 12 Aug 2008Verified
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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 | High7.1 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.6% · top 7.0% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- ADV-2008-2344 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 31444 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-2418 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-2417 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://www.bugzilla.org/security/2.22.4/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 34361 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1020668 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=437169 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 30661 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- bugzilla-importxml-directory-traversal(44407) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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-2008-4418 (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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