CVE-2008-1565: Hotscripts Pjirc

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Directory traversal vulnerability in forum/irc/irc.php in the PJIRC 0.5 module for phpBB allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the phpEx parameter.

Affected products

• Hotscripts Pjirc: version 0.5 only
• Phpbb Pjirc Module: version 0.5 only

Published 2008-03-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.