Skip to content
Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2004-2253 json

Directory traversal vulnerability in user.cgi in SurgeLDAP 1.0g and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. in the…

published 2004-12-31 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-2245

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.1%
EPSS 7.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in user.cgi in SurgeLDAP 1.0g and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. in the page parameter of the show command.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-23987)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

7.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-23987 SurgeLDAP 1.0 - 'User.cgi' Directory Traversal remote, 2004-04-12
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10103 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • members.lycos.co.uk http://members.lycos.co.uk/r34ct/main/SurgeLDAP%201.0g.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/11343 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.