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CVE-2008-5993

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 2.40% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2009-01-28 · 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.

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CVE
CVE-2008-5993
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
2.40%

Original NVD Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in image.php in Barcode Generator 1D (barcodegen) 2.0.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the code parameter.