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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.1

CVE-2007-0609 json

Directory traversal vulnerability in Advanced Guestbook 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to bypass .htaccess settings, and execute arbitrary P…

published 2007-05-09 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-0607

cvss
5.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.5%
EPSS 7.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in Advanced Guestbook 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to bypass .htaccess settings, and execute arbitrary PHP local files or read arbitrary local templates, via a .. (dot dot) in a lang cookie, followed by a filename without its .php extension, as demonstrated via a request to index.php.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-30015)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

7.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-30015 Advanced Guestbook 2.4.2 - 'Lang' Cookie Local File Inclusion webapps, 2007-05-08
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23876 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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