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CVE-2008-1696

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1696 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in DaZPHPNews 0.1-1, specifically within the makepost.php script. This flaw allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files by manipulating the 'prefixdir' parameter with directory traversal sequences, provided 'register_globals' is enabled and 'magic_quotes_gpc' is disabled. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.7, indicating low severity with local access, high attack complexity, and partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation is reported and it's not on the KEV catalog, an exploit is available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.1-1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dazphp:dazphpnews:0.1-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.7LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-5347 · Apr 2, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0226 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 747 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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/29653
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41608
exploit-db.com / exploits/5347
securityfocus.com / bid/28582
Exploit