Is CVE-2008-5587 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-5587 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-5587?

CVE-2008-5587 has a CVSS v2 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-5587?

CVE-2008-5587 has an EPSS score of 12.86% (96th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-5587

MEDIUMEPSS 96th pctl

4.3

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in libraries/lib.inc.php in phpPgAdmin 4.2.1 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the _language parameter to index.php.

CWE-22Path Traversal

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

12.86%probability of exploitation in 30 days

96thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00033.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33014
http://secunia.com/advisories/33263
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4737
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1693
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32670
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47140
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7363

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.