{"id":"CVE-2008-3851","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-3851","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:48:13.174Z","title":"Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Pluck CMS 4.5.2 on Windows allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a ..\\ (dot dot backslash) in the (1) blogpost, (2) cat, and (3) file parameters to…","description":"Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Pluck CMS 4.5.2 on Windows allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a ..\\ (dot dot backslash) in the (1) blogpost, (2) cat, and (3) file parameters to data/inc/themes/predefined_variables.php, as reachable through index.php; and the (4) blogpost and (5) cat parameters to data/inc/blog_include_react.php, as reachable through index.php.  NOTE: the issue involving vectors 1 through 3 reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-3194.","published":"2008-08-27T23:41:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:56:40.000Z","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":["pluck/pluck"],"epss":{"score":0.07936,"percentile":0.94695,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2008-08-25","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":6300,"kind":"exploit","title":"Pluck CMS 4.5.2 - Multiple Local File Inclusions","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6300","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/6300.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/6300.txt","published":"2008-08-25","added":"2008-08-24","updated":null,"author":"DSecRG","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-47874","CVE-2008-3851","OSVDB-47778"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"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 7.9%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31607","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4195","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.pluck-cms.org/releasenotes.php#4.5.3","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495706/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30820","tags":["Exploit","Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44677","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6300","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31607","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4195","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.pluck-cms.org/releasenotes.php#4.5.3","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495706/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30820","tags":["Exploit","Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44677","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6300","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3851","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."}