XOOPS Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (Path Traversal) Vulnerability - CVE-2008-3296 - Vulnerability Database

XOOPS Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (Path Traversal) Vulnerability - CVE-2008-3296

High
Reference: CVE-2008-3296
Title: XOOPS Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (Path Traversal) Vulnerability
Overview:

Directory traversal vulnerability in modules/system/admin.php in XOOPS 2.0.18 1 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the fct parameter. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown the details are obtained solely from third party information.