CVE-2004-0327
Directory traversal vulnerability in functions.php in PhpNewsManager 1.46 allows remote attackers to retrieve arbitrary files via .. (dot…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 8.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in functions.php in PhpNewsManager 1.46 allows remote attackers to retrieve arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in the clang parameter.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 4 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits4
Exploit-DB4 entries
- phpNewsManager 1.36 - functions Script File Disclosure (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 23742webapps, phppublished 23 Feb 2004Verified
- PHP 4.x/5.x MySQL Library - 'Safe_mode' Filesystem Circumvention (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 21264remote, phppublished 3 Feb 2002Verified
- PHP 4.x/5.x MySQL Library - 'Safe_mode' Filesystem Circumvention (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 21265remote, phppublished 3 Feb 2002Verified
- PHP 4.x/5.x MySQL Library - 'Safe_mode' Filesystem Circumvention (3) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 21266remote, phppublished 3 Feb 2002Verified
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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Published
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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)
- 8.0% · top 5.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- 9720 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.zone-h.org/advisories/read/id=4024 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- phpnewsmanager-dotdot-directory-traversal(15283) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20040223 ZH2004-09SA (security advisory): PhpNewsManager Remote arbitrary (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-2004-0327 (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-2004-0327)Record last updated .