CVE-2008-0742

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in PowerScripts PowerNews 2.5.6 allow remote attackers to read and include arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) subpage parameter in (a) categories.inc.php, (b) news.inc.php, (c) other.inc.php, (d) permissions.inc.php, (e) templates.inc.php, and (f) users.inc.php in pnadmin/; and (2) the page parameter to (g) pnadmin/index.php. NOTE: vector 2 is only exploitable by administrators.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-22

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Feb 13, 2008
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2008-0742: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix