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CVE-2008-4499 (GCVE-0-2008-4499)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-10-08 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:17
VLAI
Summary
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in PHP Web Explorer 0.99b and earlier allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) refer parameter to main.php and the (2) file parameter to edit.php.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122332154511973&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31595 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4371 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Date Public
2008-10-04 00:00
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