CVE-2008-0459

Liquidsilvercms - Path Traversal

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-0459. PoCs published by Stack.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing a Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in Liquid-Silver CMS. It provides an exploit path and examples for reading arbitrary files, including system files like /etc/passwd, by manipulating the 'update' parameter in the index.php script.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in update/index.php in Liquid-Silver CMS 0.35, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the update parameter.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Stack · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4976

This is a writeup describing a Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in Liquid-Silver CMS. It provides an exploit path and examples for reading arbitrary files, including system files like /etc/passwd, by manipulating the 'update' parameter in the index.php script.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Liquid-Silver CMS (version not specified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the vulnerable Liquid-Silver CMS instance
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4976
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27425
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39895
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28619
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0309

Scores

EPSS 0.0192
EPSS Percentile 77.2%

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (2)
liquidsilvercms/liquidsilvercms 0.3
liquidsilvercms/liquidsilvercms 0.35
Published Jan 25, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026