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CVE-2008-0742 (GCVE-0-2008-0742)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-02-13 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 07:54
VLAI
Summary
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in PowerScripts PowerNews 2.5.6 allow remote attackers to read and include arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) subpage parameter in (a) categories.inc.php, (b) news.inc.php, (c) other.inc.php, (d) permissions.inc.php, (e) templates.inc.php, and (f) users.inc.php in pnadmin/; and (2) the page parameter to (g) pnadmin/index.php. NOTE: vector 2 is only exploitable by administrators.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5082 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3647 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27688 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487773/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Date Public
2008-02-08 00:00
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