CVE-2008-6825
Directory traversal vulnerability in user/index.php in Fonality trixbox CE 2.6.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to include and…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 20.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in user/index.php in Fonality trixbox CE 2.6.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the langChoice parameter.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 3 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
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Metasploit modules1 module
- Trixbox langChoice PHP Local File Inclusion (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/unix/webapp/trixbox_langchoiceRank manualdisclosed 9 Jul 2008
Exploit-DB3 entries
- Fonality trixbox CE 2.6.1 - 'langChoice' Local File Inclusion (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16904webapps, phppublished 8 Jan 2011Verified
- Fonality trixbox 2.6.1 - 'langChoice' Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 6045remote, linuxpublished 12 Jul 2008Verified
- Fonality trixbox - 'langChoice' Local File Inclusion (connect-back) (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 6026webapps, linuxpublished 9 Jul 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 6026 (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)
- 20.3% · top 2.5% 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
5
- trixbox-langchoice-file-include(43686) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 6026 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 20080709 Trixbox 2.6.1 and below, remote root shell through local file inclusion (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 30135 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 50421 (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-2008-6785 (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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