Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-2073. PoCs published by Khashayar Fereidani.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a vulnerability writeup for CVE-2008-2073, detailing LFI and XSS vulnerabilities in vlBook 1.21. It provides exploit paths but no functional exploit code.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in include/global.inc.php in Virtual Design Studio vlbook 1.21 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the l parameter.
Exploits (1)
exploitdb
WRITEUP
VERIFIED
by Khashayar Fereidani · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5529
This is a vulnerability writeup for CVE-2008-2073, detailing LFI and XSS vulnerabilities in vlBook 1.21. It provides exploit paths but no functional exploit code.
Classification
Writeup 100%
Attack Type
Xss | Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target:
vlBook 1.21
No auth needed
Prerequisites:
none
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026
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References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3854
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491519/100/0/threaded
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/30046
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit
x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5529
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42127
Exploit vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29006
Scores
EPSS
0.0284
EPSS Percentile
84.8%
Details
CWE
CWE-22
Status
published
Products (1)
virtual_design_studios/vlbook
1.21
Published
May 05, 2008
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026