CVE-2008-5948 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in BNCwi 1.04 and earlier allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the newlanguage parameter.

Published: 2009-01-23

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 3.8% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:bncwi:bncwi::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:bncwi:bncwi:1.03:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-5918	Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in BNCwi 1.04 and earlier allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the newlanguage parameter.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0383.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/32981
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32644
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7345

History

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Subscriptions

Bncwi Bncwi

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-01-23T18:38:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:13:13.365Z

Reserved: 2009-01-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-5948

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-01-23T19:00:00.563

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-5948

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22

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