CVE-2007-0872 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 3.6% (pctl 89)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Plain Old Webserver (POW) add-on before 0.0.9 for Mozilla Firefox allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URI.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| EPSS | 3.6% — more likely to be exploited than 89% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-02-12 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| plain old webserver | plain old webserver |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Plain Old WebServer 0.0.7/0.0.8 Firefox Extension - Directory Traversal | 2006-09-25 |
References
- http://osvdb.org/33174
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Feb/0196.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Feb/0210.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24127
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22502
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0558
- https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3002/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32467
- http://osvdb.org/33174
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Feb/0196.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Feb/0210.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24127
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22502
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0558
- https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3002/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32467
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