CVE-2008-1290 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2008-1290?

CVE-2008-1290 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Mar 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

ViewVC before 1.0.5 includes "all-forbidden" files within search results that list CVS or Subversion (SVN) commits, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1290?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Viewvc Viewvc.

How do I fix CVE-2008-1290?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1290 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2008-1290 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1290 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2025-54141 ViewVC's standalone server exposes arbitrary server filesystem content High 7.5
• CVE-2010-0005 Auth bypass in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2006-5442 Cross-site scripting in n/a Medium 6.8
• CVE-2023-22456 ViewVC XSS vulnerability in revision view changed paths Medium 6.1
• CVE-2008-4325 Cross-site scripting in n/a Medium 5.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-c267-35j7-mgc7.