How severe is CVE-2008-6551?

This vulnerability has a severity rating of MEDIUM with a CVSS score of 5.1 out of 10.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2008-6551?

This is classified as CWE-22, which is a common weakness in software security.

CVE-2008-6551 - MEDIUM Severity | CVSS 5.1

Vulnerability Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in e-Vision CMS 2.0.2 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in (1) an adminlang cookie to admin/ind_ex.php; or the module parameter to (2) 3rdparty/adminpart/add3rdparty.php, (3) polling/adminpart/addpolling.php, (4) contact/adminpart/addcontact.php, (5) brandnews/adminpart/addbrandnews.php, (6) newsletter/adminpart/addnewsletter.php, (7) game/adminpart/addgame.php, (8) tour/adminpart/addtour.php, (9) articles/adminpart/addarticles.php, (10) product/adminpart/addproduct.php, or (11) plain/adminpart/addplain.php in modules/.

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