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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.8

CVE-2007-2199 json

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in lib/pcltar.lib.php (aka pcltar.php) in the PclTar module 1.3 and 1.3.1 for Vincent Blavet PhpCon…

published 2007-04-24 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-2194

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
46.9%
EPSS 46.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
3
Exploit-DB

Summary

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in lib/pcltar.lib.php (aka pcltar.php) in the PclTar module 1.3 and 1.3.1 for Vincent Blavet PhpConcept Library, as used in multiple products including (1) Joomla! 1.5.0 Beta, (2) N/X Web Content Management System (WCMS) 4.5, (3) CJG EXPLORER PRO 3.3, and (4) phpSiteBackup 0.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the g_pcltar_lib_dir parameter.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-3781)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

46.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-4111 PHPSiteBackup 0.1 - 'pcltar.lib.php' Remote File Inclusion webapps, 2007-06-26
  • EDB-3915 CJG EXPLORER PRO 3.2 - 'g_pcltar_lib_dir' Remote File Inclusion webapps, 2007-05-13
  • EDB-3781 Joomla! 1.5.0 Beta - 'pcltar.php' Remote File Inclusion webapps, 2007-04-23
  • hackers.ir http://www.hackers.ir/advisories/joomla.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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