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7.5high

CVE-2007-58231 exploit

Directory traversal vulnerability in forum.php in Ben Ng Scribe 0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary fi…

Published 19 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.6%
percentile 86%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Directory traversal vulnerability in forum.php in Ben Ng Scribe 0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the username parameter in a Register action.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.64% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-4596 Scribe 0.2 - PHP Remote Code Execution · webapps · 2007-11-02

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

  • exploit-db.com /exploits/4596 · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/483183/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • inj3ct-it.org /exploit/scribe.txt · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • securityreason.com /securityalert/3339 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SREASON, x_transferred
  • osvdb.org /39063 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, x_transferred

Sources

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