CVE-2007-5823 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 2.6% (pctl 85)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in forum.php in Ben Ng Scribe 0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the username parameter in a Register action.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 2.64% — more likely to be exploited than 85% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-22 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-11-05 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| scribe | scribe |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Scribe 0.2 - PHP Remote Code Execution | 2007-11-02 |
References
- http://osvdb.org/39063
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3339
- http://www.inj3ct-it.org/exploit/scribe.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483183/100/0/threaded
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4596
- http://osvdb.org/39063
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3339
- http://www.inj3ct-it.org/exploit/scribe.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483183/100/0/threaded
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4596
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