CVE-2008-3195

TWiki <4.2.3 - Path Traversal

Title source: llm

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in bin/configure in TWiki before 4.2.3, when a certain step in the installation guide is skipped, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a query string containing a .. (dot dot) in the image variable, and execute arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Exploits (2)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Th1nk3r · textwebappscgi

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6269

View Code ZIP pw:eip

exploitdb WORKING POC

webappscgi

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6509

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References (11)

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/31849

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6269

[Third Party Advisory] http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4265

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/31964

[Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource] http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/RGII-7JEQ7L

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2586

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45183

[Patch] http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2008-3195

[Patch] http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiRelease04x02x03#4_2_3_Bugfix_Highlights

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45182

[US Government Resource] http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/362012

Scores

EPSS 0.5750

EPSS Percentile 98.2%

Details

CWE

CWE-22

Status published

Products (13)

twiki/twiki 4.0

twiki/twiki 4.0.0

twiki/twiki 4.0.1

twiki/twiki 4.0.2

twiki/twiki 4.0.3

twiki/twiki 4.0.4

twiki/twiki 4.0.5

twiki/twiki 4.1.0

twiki/twiki 4.1.1

twiki/twiki 4.1.2

... and 3 more

Published Sep 18, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026