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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.8

CVE-2008-6825 json

Directory traversal vulnerability in user/index.php in Fonality trixbox CE 2.6.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to include and execute…

published 2009-06-05 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-6785

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
20.3%
EPSS 20.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
4
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in user/index.php in Fonality trixbox CE 2.6.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the langChoice parameter.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/unix/webapp/trixbox_langchoice)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

20.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/unix/webapp/trixbox_langchoice Trixbox langChoice PHP Local File Inclusion metasploit exploit, manual rank, 2008-07-09
  • EDB-16904 Fonality trixbox CE 2.6.1 - 'langChoice' Local File Inclusion (Metasploit) webapps, 2011-01-08
  • EDB-6045 Fonality trixbox 2.6.1 - 'langChoice' Remote Code Execution remote, 2008-07-12
  • EDB-6026 Fonality trixbox - 'langChoice' Local File Inclusion (connect-back) (2) webapps, 2008-07-09
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30135 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

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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