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CVE-2008-1301 Alkacon OpenCms

Affected softwareAlkacon OpenCms
Severity4.0 Medium CVSS 2.0
Fixed in7.0.5
WeaknessPath traversal (CWE-22)
Published12 Mar 2008
Updated16 Jun 2026

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in system/workplace/admin/workplace/logfileview/logfileViewSettings.jsp in Alkacon OpenCms 7.0.3 and 7.0.4 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in the filePath.0 parameter.

Exploitation status

Working exploit published

A reviewed exploit catalogue lists ready-to-run exploit code for this CVE.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC 1 indexed Published artifacts you can open, in Exploit-DB; first seen 2008-03-08.
  • EPSS 2.3% chance in 30 days
IndexArtifactStarsFirst seen
Exploit-DB Alkacon OpenCMS 7.0.3 - 'logfileViewSettings.jsp?filePath.0' Arbitrary File Access 2008-03-08

Waratek protection

Protected by Waratek

Waratek has a rule that blocks attacks on this vulnerability.

Decided by A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule
Finding Protected by Waratek's ARMR path-traversal security rule, which blocks this class of attack at the JVM level without a rule written for this CVE specifically. The CVE's weakness is CWE-22: Path Traversal.

How to mitigate CVE-2008-1301

Upgrade Alkacon OpenCms to 7.0.5 or later. Until you can, Waratek RASP blocks exploitation with its path traversal rule. It runs inside the Java application, with no code changes.

Waratek RASP Runtime protection for Java applications

Affected software and releases

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.opencms:opencms-core 7.0.3 7.0.5 unbounded

Products and versions

2 products, 3 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd alkacon opencms generic 7.0.3 · 7.0.4
osv org.opencms opencms-core generic ≥ 7.0.3 and < 7.0.5

References

URLTags
https://github.com/alkacon/opencms-core/commit/7b73b5559c1b025dfe0f7b38ed4119c25b9df409 WEB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41096 WEB
https://github.com/alkacon/opencms-core PACKAGE
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3731 WEB
http://secunia.com/advisories/29278 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489291/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28152 Exploit

Timeline

Published2008-03-12By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-16NVD's own last-modified date for this record.