CVE-2008-5587

EPSS 2.2%

Published: 12/16/2008Modified: 4/28/2026

Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5587

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in libraries/lib.inc.php in phpPgAdmin 4.2.1 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the _language parameter to index.php.

Affected packages (1)

Debian/phppgadminfrom 0, < 4.2.1-1.1

References (1)

ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5587