CVE-2013-5639 (GCVE-0-2013-5639)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-03-11 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 17:15
VLAI
Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in users/login.php in Gnew 2013.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the gnew_language cookie.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 27/100 over 2378 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2013-10-02 00:00
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