CVE-2008-0742

no score yetEPSS 2.3%

powerscripts powernews: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in PowerScripts PowerNews 2.5.6 allow remote attackers to read and include arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) subpage parameter in (a) categories.inc.php, (b) news.inc.php, (c) other.inc.php, (d) permissions.inc.php, (e) templates.inc.php, and (f) users.inc.php in pnadmin/; and (2) the page parameter to (g) pnadmin/index.php. NOTE: vector 2 is only exploitable by administrators.

EPSS: 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 83% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-22
Published: 2008-02-13
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

powerscripts:powernews

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3647
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487773/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27688
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5082
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3647

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