CVE-2008-2350
Directory traversal vulnerability in highlight.php in bcoos 1.0.9 through 1.0.13 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via (1) ..
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 highlight.php in bcoos 1.0.9 through 1.0.13 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via (1) .. (dot dot) or (2) C: folder sequences in the file parameter.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.69% probability · 86th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 19 May 2008
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- bcoos/bcoos
- 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
- http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2008/05/bcoos-highlightphp-traversal-file.htmlExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30035Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29275Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42506
- http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2008/05/bcoos-highlightphp-traversal-file.htmlExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30035Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29275Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42506
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.