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medium 4.3

CVE-2008-5587 json

Directory traversal vulnerability in libraries/lib.inc.php in phpPgAdmin 4.2.1 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote…

published 2008-12-16 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-5562

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
12.9%
EPSS 12.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in libraries/lib.inc.php in phpPgAdmin 4.2.1 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the _language parameter to index.php.

Patch / fix

  • phppgadmin Debian 14, Debian 13 4.2.1-1.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5587

  • phpPgAdmin openSUSE Tumbleweed 5.1-5.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10035-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-5587 updated

phpPgAdmin: directory traversal flaw in libraries/lib.inc.php

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-7363)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

12.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-7363 phpPgAdmin 4.2.1 - '_language' Local File Inclusion webapps, 2008-12-06
  • Nuclei template phpPgAdmin <=4.2.1 - Local File Inclusion nuclei detection template
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32670 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

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

References

Sources

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