Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 28, 2009· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2008-5990

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in connect/init.inc in emergecolab 1.0 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the sitecode parameter to connect/index.php.

Affected products

Eduforge/Emergecolab
cpe:2.3:a:eduforge:emergecolab:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/31372nvdExploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45369nvd
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6551nvd

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