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CVE-2017-5480
Directory traversal vulnerability in inc/files/files.ctrl.php in b2evolution through 6.8.3 allows remote authenticated users to read or…
- 8.1HighCVSS base score
- 2.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 15% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in inc/files/files.ctrl.php in b2evolution through 6.8.3 allows remote authenticated users to read or delete arbitrary files by leveraging back-office access to provide a .. (dot dot) in the fm_selected array parameter.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 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 | 3.0 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
3
- 95454 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://github.com/b2evolution/b2evolution/commit/26841d9c81f27ad23b2f6e4bd5eaec7f2f58dfe0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/b2evolution/b2evolution/issues/35 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2017-14584 (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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