CVE-2008-4490: Phpabook

Medium severity, CVSS 5.1. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Directory traversal vulnerability in config.inc.php in phpAbook 0.8.8b and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the userInfo cookie.

Affected products

• Phpabook Phpabook: up to and including 0.8.8b; version 0.8.4b only; version 0.8.6b only; version 0.8.7b only

Published 2008-10-08. Last modified 2026-06-16.