{"cve":"CVE-2008-5989","nvd":{"published":"2009-01-28T15:30:00.280","modified":"2026-06-16T23:01:22.013","status":"Modified","description":"Directory traversal vulnerability in defs.php in PHPcounter 1.3.2 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the l parameter.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-22"],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/31993","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31373","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45378","https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6553","http://secunia.com/advisories/31993"],"products":["phpcounter:phpcounter"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:53:23.791937413+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-5989","score":0.02053,"percentile":0.81268,"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."]}