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CVE-2008-2978

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2978 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Ourvideo CMS 9.5, specifically within the phpi/rss.php component, when the register_globals setting is enabled. This flaw allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files by manipulating the 'prefix' parameter with directory traversal sequences. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity with potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact, and it can be exploited remotely with medium attack complexity. While not listed in KEV or actively exploited, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ourvideocms:ourvideo_cms:9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-5920 · Jun 23, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0185 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 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, 0.0 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

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/43312
exploit-db.com / exploits/5920
securityfocus.com / bid/29909
Exploit