CVE-2008-6253
Directory traversal vulnerability in data/inc/lib/pcltar.lib.php in Pluck 4.5.3, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 5.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in data/inc/lib/pcltar.lib.php in Pluck 4.5.3, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the g_pcltar_lib_dir parameter.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Pluck CMS 4.5.3 - 'g_pcltar_lib_dir' Local File Inclusion (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 7153webapps, phppublished 18 Nov 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 7153 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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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)
- 5.0% · top 7.7% 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
6
- 20081118 [DSECRG-08-039] Local File Include Vulnerability in Pluck CMS 4.5.3 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 7153 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 32342 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 32736 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.pluck-cms.org/index.php?file=kop11.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- pluck-pcltarlib-file-include(46676) (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-2008-6223 (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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