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CVE-2008-2227

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2227 describes multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in PHP-Fusion Forum Rank System 6. These flaws allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files by manipulating the settings[locale] parameter in forum.php and profile.php. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is considered medium severity, indicating that an unauthenticated attacker can achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts with moderate attack complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php-fusion:forum_rank_system:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
77.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-31752 · May 7, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0186 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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/30304
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/42244
securityfocus.com / bid/29077
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/29077/exploit
Exploit