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CVE-2001-15251 exploit

Directory traversal vulnerability in the comments action in easyNews 1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to modify news.dat, template.d…

Published 24 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.5%
percentile 85%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Directory traversal vulnerability in the comments action in easyNews 1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to modify news.dat, template.dat and possibly other files via a ".." in the cid parameter.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.51% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-21168 EasyNews 1.5 - NewsDatabase/Template Modification · webapps · 2001-12-01

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/3643 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • iss.net /security_center/static/7657.php · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2001-12/0000.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred

Sources

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