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Status published
High
CVE-2008-1512
Directory traversal vulnerability in admin/admin_xs.php in eXtreme Styles module (XS-Mod)...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Affected Vendor
phpbb
View all reports →Affected Software
module xs
Vulnerable Versions:
2.3.1, 2.4.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 25th, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.