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CVE-2008-0481

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0481 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Web Wiz Rich Text Editor 4.0, specifically within the RTE_file_browser.asp component. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to list arbitrary directories and access .txt and .zip files by manipulating the 'sub' parameter with a specially crafted string. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, potentially leading to information disclosure. While no active exploitation is noted and it's not on the KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry exists, but there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:web_wiz:rich_text_editor:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-4971 · Jan 23, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0388 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 23,690 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/28639
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/3584
securitytracker.com / id
Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/39868
exploit-db.com / exploits/4971
bugreport.ir
Exploit
securityfocus.com / archive/1/486868/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/27419
webwizguide.com / webwizrichtexteditor/kb/release_notes.asp