CVE-2008-6884: Xoops

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 5.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in XOOPS 2.3.1, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the xoopsConfig[language] parameter to (1) blocks.php and (2) main.php in xoops_lib/modules/protector/.

Affected products

• Xoops Xoops: version 2.3.1 only

Published 2009-07-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.