CVE-2008-2342
Directory traversal vulnerability in attachments.php in News Manager 2.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 2.7%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in attachments.php in News Manager 2.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the id parameter.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.67% probability · 86th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 15 May 2008
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- news manager/news manager
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.