CVE-2008-6308: Punbb Private Messaging System

Medium severity, CVSS 5.1. EPSS: 2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Private Messaging System (PMS) 1.2.3 and earlier for PunBB allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the pun_user[language] parameter to (1) functions_navlinks.php, (2) header_new_messages.php, (3) profile_send.php, and (4) viewtopic_PM-link.php in include/pms/.

Affected products

• Punbb Private Messaging System: up to and including 1.2.3; version 1.2.0 only; version 1.2.1 only; version 1.2.2 only

Published 2009-02-27. Last modified 2026-06-16.