CVE-2008-5518

highpriority · attend · 61EPSS 0.359 · 98 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

35.9% (98th) EPSS

CVSS 9.4 · high

Is it mine?

6 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the web administration console in Apache Geronimo Application Server 2.1 through 2.1.3 on Windows allow remote attackers to upload files to arbitrary directories via directory traversal sequences in the (1) group, (2) artifact, (3) version, or (4) fileType parameter to console/portal//Services/Repository (aka the Services/Repository portlet); the (5) createDB parameter to console/portal/Embedded DB/DB Manager (aka the Embedded DB/DB Manager portlet); or the (6) filename parameter to the createKeystore script in the Security/Keystores portlet.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.4

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.09.4highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 9.2

v2.08.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USprimaryCWE-22US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-8458Apache Geronimo 2.1.3 - Multiple Directory Traversal Vulnerabilitiesfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
apache geronimo= 2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:geronimo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache geronimo= 2.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:geronimo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache geronimo= 2.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:geronimo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache geronimo= 2.1.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:geronimo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Maven org.apache.geronimo.plugins:console2.1.0 → 2.1.4osvUSpkg:maven/org.apache.geronimo.plugins/console

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-xm92-rf24-h74wApache Geronimo Application Server multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities2022-05-14ghsa · osvUS
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the web administration console in Apache Geronimo Application Server 2.1 through 2.1.3 on Windows allow remote attackers to upload files to arbitrary directories via directory traversal sequences in the (1) group, (2) artifact, (3) version, or (4) fileType parameter to console/portal//Services/Repository (aka the Services/Repository portlet); the (5) createDB parameter to console/portal/Embedded DB/DB Manager (aka the Embedded DB/DB Manager portlet); or the (6) filename parameter to the createKeystore script in the Security/Keystores portlet.

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2009-04-17modified 2026-06-16

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references (22)

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