Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-3333

Title: Mantis Path Traversal / LFI

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-3333.

CWE Category CWE-22

Published Date Jul 27, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.25%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-3333: Directory traversal vulnerability in core/lang_api.php in Mantis before 1.1.2 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary files via the language parameter to the user preferences page (account_prefs_update.php).

Impacted Vendors

mantis 1

matisbt 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/30270 http://secunia.com/advisories/31972 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200809-10.xml http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/changelog_page.php http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=9154 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29297 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30354 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456044 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43984 http://secunia.com/advisories/30270 http://secunia.com/advisories/31972 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200809-10.xml http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/changelog_page.php http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=9154 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29297 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30354 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456044 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43984

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-2008-3333 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

July 27, 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.