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CVE-2008-0259

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0259 describes multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in minimal Gallery 0.8, specifically within the mg_thumbs.php script. Attackers can exploit this by manipulating the 'thumbcat' and 'thumb' parameters with "../" sequences to read arbitrary files on the server. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.4, indicating a medium severity risk with low attack complexity and potential for partial confidentiality and integrity impact. While not listed on the KEV catalog, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:minimal_design:minimal_gallery:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-4902 · Jan 13, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0226 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/28391
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/39649
exploit-db.com / exploits/4902
securityfocus.com / bid/27265
Exploit