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$ cve CVE-2007-0609 JSON

CVE-2007-0609 EXPLOIT

5.1
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.5% (pctl 94)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Advanced Guestbook 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to bypass .htaccess settings, and execute arbitrary PHP local files or read arbitrary local templates, via a .. (dot dot) in a lang cookie, followed by a filename without its .php extension, as demonstrated via a request to index.php.

Scoring

CVSS5.1 (MEDIUM, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS7.51% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2007-05-09
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
advanced guestbookadvanced guestbook

Public exploits

References

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