CVE-2003-0536
Directory traversal vulnerability in phpSysInfo 2.1 and earlier allows attackers with write access to a local directory to read arbitrary…
- 3.6LowCVSS base score
- 1.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 26% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in phpSysInfo 2.1 and earlier allows attackers with write access to a local directory to read arbitrary files as the PHP user or cause a denial of service via .. (dot dot) sequences in the (1) template or (2) lng parameters.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- PHPSysInfo 2.0/2.1 - 'index.php' LNG File Disclosure (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 22459webapps, phppublished 4 Apr 2003Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 21 years later
· 21 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 | Low3.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 26% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
3
- 20030425 Unauthorized reading files on phpSysInfo (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-346 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=670222&group_id=15&atid=100015 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2003-0530 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2003-0536)Record last updated .