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medium 6.8

CVE-2008-3195 json

Directory traversal vulnerability in bin/configure in TWiki before 4.2.3, when a certain step in the installation guide is skipped, allows…

published 2008-09-17 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-3185

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
8.3%
EPSS 8.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in bin/configure in TWiki before 4.2.3, when a certain step in the installation guide is skipped, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a query string containing a .. (dot dot) in the image variable, and execute arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-6269)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

8.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-6509 TWiki 4.2.2 - 'action' Remote Code Execution webapps, 2008-09-21
  • EDB-6269 TWiki 4.2.0 - 'configure' Remote File Disclosure webapps, 2008-08-19

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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