CVE-2008-6308
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Private Messaging System (PMS) 1.2.3 and earlier for PunBB allow remote attackers to…
- 5.1MediumCVSS base score
- 2.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 19% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Private Messaging System (PMS) 1.2.3 and earlier for PunBB allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the pun_user[language] parameter to (1) functions_navlinks.php, (2) header_new_messages.php, (3) profile_send.php, and (4) viewtopic_PM-link.php in include/pms/.
Public exploit
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Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- PunBB (Private Messaging System 1.2.x) - Multiple Local File Inclusions (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 7159webapps, phppublished 19 Nov 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 7159 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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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 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 19% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References5
- 13201 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 7159 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- pms-multiple-file-include(46718) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2008-3214 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 32360 (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-2008-6278 (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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