CVE-2008-3071 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in inc/class_language.php in MyBB before 1.2.13 has unknown impact and attack vectors related to the $language variable.

Published: 2008-07-08

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mybb:mybb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-3061	Directory traversal vulnerability in inc/class_language.php in MyBB before 1.2.13 has unknown impact and attack vectors related to the $language variable.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01283.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://community.mybboard.net/attachment.php?aid=9272
http://community.mybboard.net/showthread.php?tid=31666
http://secunia.com/advisories/31013

History

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Subscriptions

Mybb Mybb

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-07-08T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:21:35.154Z

Reserved: 2008-07-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-3071

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-07-08T18:41:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:55:01.640

Link: CVE-2008-3071

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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