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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-3195 · published 18 September 2008

CVE-2008-3195: Twiki path traversal vulnerability

Twiki · Twiki

Directory traversal vulnerability in bin/configure in TWiki before 4.2.3, when a certain step in the installation guide is skipped, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a query string containing a .. (dot dot) in the image variable, and execute arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

6.8 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 8.3% · top 5.3% CWE-22 · Path traversal
6.8CVSS 2.0 base score
8.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
22References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in bin/configure in TWiki before 4.2.3, when a certain step in the installation guide is skipped, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a query string containing a .. (dot dot) in the image variable, and execute arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/31849
http://secunia.com/advisories/31964
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4265
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2008-3195 Patch
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiRelease04x02x03#4_2_3_Bugfix_Highlights Patch
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/362012 US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/RGII-7JEQ7L
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2586
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45182
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45183
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6269
http://secunia.com/advisories/31849
http://secunia.com/advisories/31964
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4265
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2008-3195 Patch
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiRelease04x02x03#4_2_3_Bugfix_Highlights Patch
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/362012 US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/RGII-7JEQ7L
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2586
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45182
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45183
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6269

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