CVE-2007-5984 EXPLOIT
7.8
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 8.5% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
classes/Url.php in Justin Hagstrom AutoIndex PHP Script before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a %00 sequence in the dir parameter to index.php, which triggers an erroneous "recursive calculation."
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| EPSS | 8.45% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-11-15 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| justin hagstrom | autoindex php script |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | AutoIndex PHP Script 2.2.2/2.2.3 - 'index.php' Denial of Service | 2007-11-12 |
References
- http://autoindex.sourceforge.net/change_log.html
- http://osvdb.org/45282
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3360
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483592/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26410
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38437
- http://autoindex.sourceforge.net/change_log.html
- http://osvdb.org/45282
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3360
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483592/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26410
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38437
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