CVE-2008-5878: Phpclanwebsite

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

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Phpclanwebsite (aka PCW) 1.23.3 Fix Pack 5 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled and register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) boxname parameter to theme/superchrome/box.php and the (2) theme parameter to phpclanwebsite/footer.php.

Affected products

• Phpclanwebsite Phpclanwebsite: up to and including 1.23.3; version 1.20 only; version 1.21 only; version 1.22 only; version 1.23 only; version 1.23.1 only; …

Published 2009-01-08. Last modified 2026-06-16.