{"id":"CVE-2008-2342","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-2342","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:38:49.883Z","title":"Directory traversal vulnerability in attachments.php in News Manager 2.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..","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.","published":"2008-05-19T13:20:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:53:35.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["news manager/news manager"],"epss":{"score":0.02672,"percentile":0.85666,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2008-05-15","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":5624,"kind":"exploit","title":"newsmanager 2.0 - Remote File Inclusion / File Disclosure / SQL Injection","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5624","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/5624.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/5624.txt","published":"2008-05-15","added":"2008-05-14","updated":"2016-12-02","author":"GoLd_M","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-45483","CVE-2008-2343","OSVDB-45482","CVE-2008-2342","OSVDB-45476","CVE-2008-2341","OSVDB-45475","OSVDB-45474","CVE-2008-2340","OSVDB-45473","OSVDB-45463","OSVDB-45461"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.comnewsmanager2.0.zip","screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29251","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42460","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5624","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29251","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42460","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5624","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2342","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}