Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-1512

Title: Phpbb Module Xs Path Traversal / LFI

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2008-1512

CWE Category CWE-22

Published Date Mar 25, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.30%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-1512: Directory traversal vulnerability in admin/admin_xs.php in eXtreme Styles module (XS-Mod) 2.3.1 and 2.4.0 for phpBB allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the phpEx parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Impacted Vendors

phpbb 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/29487 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28432 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41404 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5301 http://secunia.com/advisories/29487 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28432 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41404 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5301

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-1512 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5301

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

March 25, 2008 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.