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CVE-2008-5587· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

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

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.

MediumCVSS 4.3 · v2.0—Proof of concept Fix available
Published
Dec 16, 2008
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
12.9% · 96th percentile
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Action score

21

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
4 / 30 · 12.9%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
phppgadminphppgadmin

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • phppgadmin phppgadminup to 4.2.1 inclusive
  • phppgadmin phppgadmin2.2
  • phppgadmin phppgadmin2.2.1
  • phppgadmin phppgadmin3.1
  • phppgadmin phppgadmin3.4.1
  • phppgadmin phppgadmin3.5
  • phppgadmin phppgadmin3.5.2
  • phppgadmin phppgadmin3.5.3
  • phppgadmin phppgadmin4.1.1

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:13phppgadminbefore 4.2.1-1.14.2.1-1.1
Debian:4.0phppgadminbefore 4.0.1-3.1etch14.0.1-3.1etch1
openSUSE:TumbleweedphpPgAdminbefore 5.1-5.15.1-5.1

Same product

phppgadmin: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2007-2865Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in sqledit.php in phpPgAdmin 4.1.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML v
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2001-0479Directory traversal vulnerability in phpPgAdmin 2.2.1 and earlier versions allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a ..
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2007-5728Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpPgAdmin 3.5 to 4.1.1, and possibly 4.1.2, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web scr
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2005-2256Encoded directory traversal vulnerability in phpPgAdmin 3.1 to 3.5.3 allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via "%2e%2e%2f" (enco
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2011-3598Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpPgAdmin before 5.0.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML
    18Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:phppgadmin4.2.1-1.1 · Debian:13Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:phpPgAdmin5.1-5.1 · openSUSE:TumbleweedPackage registry (OSV)

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

  • Exploit-DB entry ×1
  • Nuclei detection template ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2008-12-06
Nuclei detection templateNuclei template CVE-2008-5587 —

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. First PoC-11 d
  2. Published
  3. TodaySep 30, 2026+6497 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    P · data can be read
    Integrity
    none
    Availability
    none
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    P
    Integrity impact
    None
    Availability impact
    None

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

    nvd-primary

    Root cause

    A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.

    The bug in code

    The whole CWE-22 class

    A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

    Vulnerable

    ts
    const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);res.sendFile(file);

    Fixed

    ts
    const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {  return res.sendStatus(400);}res.sendFile(file);

    Attack context

    MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

    ATT&CK techniques

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    Change log

    1. Fix✗ → ✓

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    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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