{"cve":"CVE-2008-5587","nvd":{"published":"2008-12-16T19:07:31.843","modified":"2026-06-16T23:00:37.567","status":"Modified","description":"Directory traversal vulnerability in libraries/lib.inc.php in phpPgAdmin 4.2.1 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the _language parameter to index.php.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-22"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00033.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/33014","http://secunia.com/advisories/33263","http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4737"],"products":["phppgadmin:phppgadmin"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:53:23.791937413+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-5587","score":0.12865,"percentile":0.963,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}