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medium 6.8

CVE-2008-7254 json

Directory traversal vulnerability in includes/template-loader.php in Irmin CMS (formerly Pepsi CMS) 0.5 and 0.6 BETA2, when register_global…

published 2010-04-07 16 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-7210

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in includes/template-loader.php in Irmin CMS (formerly Pepsi CMS) 0.5 and 0.6 BETA2, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the _Root_Path parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-11938)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

2.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-11938 Pepsi CMS (Irmin cms) pepsi-0.6-BETA2 - Multiple Local File webapps, 2010-03-30
  • packetstormsecurity.org http://packetstormsecurity.org/0808-exploits/pepsicms-rfi.txt 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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