CVE-2005-4467

Directory traversal vulnerability in help_text_vars.php in PHPGedView 3.3.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to read and include arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the PGV_BASE_DIRECTORY parameter.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2005-12-22

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Phpgedview (Phpgedview)

References

• http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/phpgedview/phpGedView/help_text_vars.php?r1=1.63&r2=1.64
• http://rgod.altervista.org/phpgedview_337_xpl.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18177
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015395
• http://www.osvdb.org/22009
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419906/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15983
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3033
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23871
• https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1386434&group_id=55456&atid=477081