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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2005-3789 json

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in phpwcms 1.2.5 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1)…

published 2005-11-24 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-3784

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.4%
EPSS 3.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in phpwcms 1.2.5 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) form_lang parameter in login.php and (2) the imgdir parameter in random_image.php.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-26513)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

3.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-26513 PHPWCMS 1.2.5 -DEV - 'imgdir' Traversal Arbitrary File Access webapps, 2005-11-15
  • EDB-26512 PHPWCMS 1.2.5 -DEV - 'login.php?form_lang' Traversal Arbitrary File Access webapps, 2005-11-15
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15436/ 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

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