cve/2008/CVE-2008-5217.md

### [CVE-2008-5217](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5217)
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### Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in txtCMS 0.3, when register_globals is enabled and magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the id parameter.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4626
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5579

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