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CVE-2008-7055 (GCVE-0-2008-7055)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-08-24 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:49
VLAI
Summary
module.php in ezContents 2.0.3 allows remote attackers to bypass the directory traversal protection mechanism to include and execute arbitrary local files via "....//" (doubled dot dot slash) sequences in the link parameter, which is not properly filtered using the str_replace function.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495705/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6301 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://secunia.com/advisories/31606 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30821 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2008-08-25 00:00
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