Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-5272 · published 28 November 2008

CVE-2008-5272: Syndeocms path traversal vulnerability

Syndeocms · Syndeocms

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Fred Stuurman SyndeoCMS 2.6.0 allow remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the template parameter to (1) starnet/editors/fckeditor/studenteditor.php; (2) starnet/modules/sn_news/edit_content.php, reached through starnet/index.php; and (3) starnet/modules/sn_newsletter/edit_content.php, reached through starnet/index.php.

4.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 5.6% · top 7.3% CWE-22 · Path traversal

4.0CVSS 2.0 base score

5.6%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

10References

16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

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

Syndeocms Syndeocms

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/30602	Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4660
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29644
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42969
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5779
http://secunia.com/advisories/30602	Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4660
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29644
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42969
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5779

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-5272), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.