cve/2008/CVE-2008-0742.md

### [CVE-2008-0742](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0742)
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### Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in PowerScripts PowerNews 2.5.6 allow remote attackers to read and include arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) subpage parameter in (a) categories.inc.php, (b) news.inc.php, (c) other.inc.php, (d) permissions.inc.php, (e) templates.inc.php, and (f) users.inc.php in pnadmin/; and (2) the page parameter to (g) pnadmin/index.php.  NOTE: vector 2 is only exploitable by administrators.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5082

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.