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CVE-2008-0742

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 2.29% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-02-13 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
exploit
External Security References
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CVE
CVE-2008-0742
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
2.29%

Original NVD Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in PowerScripts PowerNews 2.5.6 allow remote attackers to read and include arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) subpage parameter in (a) categories.inc.php, (b) news.inc.php, (c) other.inc.php, (d) permissions.inc.php, (e) templates.inc.php, and (f) users.inc.php in pnadmin/; and (2) the page parameter to (g) pnadmin/index.php. NOTE: vector 2 is only exploitable by administrators.