CVE-2008-6726
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in CMScout 2.06, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to include and…
- 6.0MediumCVSS base score
- 2.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 18% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in CMScout 2.06, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the bit parameter to (1) admin.php and (2) index.php, different vectors than CVE-2008-3415.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- CMScout 2.06 - SQL Injection / Local File Inclusion (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 7625webapps, phppublished 30 Dec 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 7625 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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- 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 | Medium6.0 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- 7625 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- cmscout-admin-index-file-include(47660) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.cmscout.co.za/index.php?page=news&id=30 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 51120 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 33068 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 33375 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 51119 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_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-2008-6686 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-6726)Record last updated .