Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 24, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-5217

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in txtCMS 0.3, when register_globals is enabled and magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the id parameter.

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Affected products

Phpc0d3r/Txtcms
cpe:2.3:a:phpc0d3r:txtcms:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

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References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/29131nvdExploit
securityreason.com/securityalert/4626nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42313nvd
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5579nvd

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