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CVE-2008-3851

Published: Aug 27, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-22
NVD MITRE
5.0CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
7.9%
Top 6.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Pluck CMS 4.5.2 on Windows allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in the (1) blogpost, (2) cat, and (3) file parameters to data/inc/themes/predefined_variables.php, as reachable through index.php; and the (4) blogpost and (5) cat parameters to data/inc/blog_include_react.php, as reachable through index.php. NOTE: the issue involving vectors 1 through 3 reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-3194.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:PI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected Products

n/an/a
pluckpluck
On-prem
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
pluckcommercialWeb & CMS Pluginsaka pluck, pluck-cms

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
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References

http://www.pluck-cms.org/releasenotes.php#4.5.3
pluck-cms.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30820
securityfocus.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44677
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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Timeline

Published
Aug 27, 2008
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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