CVE-2008-0559

Nilson's Blogger 0.11 - Path Traversal via Permalink or Thispost Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-0559. PoCs published by muuratsalo.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit describes a local file inclusion vulnerability in Nilson's Blogger 0.11 due to improper input sanitization. An attacker can use directory traversal sequences to read arbitrary files, such as /etc/passwd, via the 'thispost' parameter in comments.php.

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Nilson's Blogger 0.11 allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in (1) the permalink parameter in core.php, accessed through index.php; and (2) the thispost parameter in comments.php.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by muuratsalo · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31083

The exploit describes a local file inclusion vulnerability in Nilson's Blogger 0.11 due to improper input sanitization. An attacker can use directory traversal sequences to read arbitrary files, such as /etc/passwd, via the 'thispost' parameter in comments.php.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Nilson's Blogger 0.11
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the vulnerable web application
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27559
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3604
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487384/100/0/threaded
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28737

Scores

EPSS 0.0272
EPSS Percentile 84.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (1)
nilsons_blogger/nilsons_blogger 0.11
Published Feb 04, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026