CVE-2008-1292 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2008-1292?

CVE-2008-1292 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Mar 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

ViewVC before 1.0.5 provides revision metadata without properly checking whether access was intended, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading (1) forbidden pathnames in the revision view, (2) log history that can only be reached by traversing a forbidden object, or (3) forbidden diff view path parameters.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1292?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Viewvc Viewvc.

How do I fix CVE-2008-1292?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1292 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2008-1292 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1292 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
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Also known as GHSA-ffrg-vhg2-pcm5.