CVE-2008-6201
Directory traversal vulnerability in help.php in the eskuel module in KwsPHP 1.3.456, as available before 20080416, allows remote…
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Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in help.php in the eskuel module in KwsPHP 1.3.456, as available before 20080416, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the action parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- KwsPHP - 'Upload' Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 5449webapps, phppublished 14 Apr 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 5449 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 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)
- 3.1% · top 12% 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.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- 5449 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 29802 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://koogar.alorys-hebergement.com/kwsphp/index.php?mod=news&ac=commentaires&id=49 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1241 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- kwsphp-help-file-include(41950) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20080415 KwsPHP (Upload) Remote Code Execution Exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 28788 (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-2008-6171 (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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