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CVE-2008-5171

Status: ModifiedHigh (9.3)—Exploit
Severity9.3High · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability3.25 %higher than 88% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitAvailablePublished on Exploit-DB

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in admin/minibb/index.php in phpBLASTER CMS 1.0 RC1, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the (1) DB, (2) lang, and (3) skin parameters.

CVSS

Base score
9.3
Version
2.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
3.25 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
88
Score date
10/22/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Affected technologies (1)

Phpblaster — Phpblaster CMS

CWEs

References

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