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CVE-2008-6423 (GCVE-0-2008-6423)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-03-06 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:27
VLAI
Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in passwiki.php in PassWiki 0.9.16 RC3 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the site_id parameter.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/30496 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29455 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5704 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://osvdb.org/45853 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Date Public
2008-05-31 00:00
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