CVE-2007-1040
Directory traversal vulnerability in archives.php in Xpression News (X-News) 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files or…
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Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in archives.php in Xpression News (X-News) 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files or obtain sensitive information via a .. (dot dot) in the xnews-template parameter.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Xpression News 1.0.1 - 'archives.php' Remote File Disclosure (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3332webapps, phppublished 18 Feb 2007Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 3332 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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Published
- 17 years later
· 17 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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- xnews-archives-news-directory-traversal(32560) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 24177 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 33225 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 3332 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 22609 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2007-0645 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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-2007-1037 (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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