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CVE-2000-1229
Directory traversal vulnerability in Phorum 3.0.7 allows remote Phorum administrators to read arbitrary files via ".." (dot dot) sequences…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.6%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Phorum 3.0.7 allows remote Phorum administrators to read arbitrary files via ".." (dot dot) sequences in the default .langfile name field in the Master Settings administrative function, which causes the file to be displayed in admin.php3.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 25% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- http://www.digitalsec.net/stuff/z-mirrors/hispahack/mi020.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20000106 Phorum 3.0.7 exploits and IDS signatures (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://hispahack.ccc.de/mi020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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