{"id":"CVE-2008-3851","aliases":["EUVD-2008-3837","GHSA-g567-gmj2-gq25"],"status":"published","title":"Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Pluck CMS 4.5.2 on Windows allow remote attackers...","description":"Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Pluck CMS 4.5.2 on Windows allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a ..\\ (dot dot backslash) in the (1) blogpost, (2) cat, and (3) file parameters to data/inc/themes/predefined_variables.php, as reachable through index.php; and the (4) blogpost and (5) cat parameters to data/inc/blog_include_react.php, as reachable through index.php.  NOTE: the issue involving vectors 1 through 3 reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-3194.","severity":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.07936,"percentile":0.94772,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":true,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-22"],"published":"2008-08-27T23:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T22:56:40Z","exploits":[{"source":"exploitdb","id":"EDB-6300","title":"Pluck CMS 4.5.2 - Multiple Local File Inclusions","type":"webapps","platform":"php","date":"2008-08-25","verified":true,"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6300"}],"products":[{"vendor":"pluck","product":"pluck"}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.pluck-cms.org/releasenotes.php#4.5.3","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30820","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred","Exploit","Patch"]},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44677","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4195","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SREASON","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6300","tags":["exploit","x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31607","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495706/100/0/threaded","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3851"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g567-gmj2-gq25"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2008-3851","description":"Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Pluck CMS 4.5.2 on Windows allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a ..\\ (dot dot backslash) in the (1) blogpost, (2) cat, and (3) file parameters to data/inc/themes/predefined_variables.php, as reachable through index.php; and the (4) blogpost and (5) cat parameters to data/inc/blog_include_react.php, as reachable through index.php.  NOTE: the issue involving vectors 1 through 3 reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-3194.","status":"published","published":"2008-08-27T23:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-07T09:53:00.388Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:45.504702Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2008-3837","description":"Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Pluck CMS 4.5.2 on Windows allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a ..\\ (dot dot backslash) in the (1) blogpost, (2) cat, and (3) file parameters to data/inc/themes/predefined_variables.php, as reachable through index.php; and the (4) blogpost and (5) cat parameters to data/inc/blog_include_react.php, as reachable through index.php.  NOTE: the issue involving vectors 1 through 3 reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-3194.","status":"published","published":"2008-08-27T23:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-07T09:53:00Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T01:38:50.380359Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-g567-gmj2-gq25","title":"Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Pluck CMS 4.5.2 on Windows allow remote attackers...","description":"Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Pluck CMS 4.5.2 on Windows allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a ..\\ (dot dot backslash) in the (1) blogpost, (2) cat, and (3) file parameters to data/inc/themes/predefined_variables.php, as reachable through index.php; and the (4) blogpost and (5) cat parameters to data/inc/blog_include_react.php, as reachable through index.php.  NOTE: the issue involving vectors 1 through 3 reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-3194.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-02T00:04:19Z","modified":"2023-01-31T05:06:22Z","cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:49:01.018652Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2008-3851","description":"Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Pluck CMS 4.5.2 on Windows allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a ..\\ (dot dot backslash) in the (1) blogpost, (2) cat, and (3) file parameters to data/inc/themes/predefined_variables.php, as reachable through index.php; and the (4) blogpost and (5) cat parameters to data/inc/blog_include_react.php, as reachable through index.php.  NOTE: the issue involving vectors 1 through 3 reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-3194.","status":"published","published":"2008-08-27T23:41:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T22:56:40.14Z","cvss":[{"version":"2.0","score":5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:01:27.800088Z"}]}}