CVE-2026-8209 (GCVE-0-2026-8209)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-09 03:19 – Updated: 2026-05-11 17:45
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Summary
Gibbon versions before v30.0.01 are affected by a path traversal vulnerability resulting in DOS by attempting extraction of web application PHP files, failed .zip extraction results in deletion of the file and a DOS condition. Successful exploitation requires Teacher or higher privileges. Exploitation could result in loss of availability of the web application.
Severity ?
6.9 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H
CWE
  • CWE-23 - Relative path traversal
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References
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Vendor Product Version
gibbonedu gibbon Affected: 0 , < 30.0.01 (custom)
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