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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.1

CVE-2008-7055 json

module.php in ezContents 2.0.3 allows remote attackers to bypass the directory traversal protection mechanism to include and execute arbitr…

published 2009-08-24 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-7014

cvss
5.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

module.php in ezContents 2.0.3 allows remote attackers to bypass the directory traversal protection mechanism to include and execute arbitrary local files via "....//" (doubled dot dot slash) sequences in the link parameter, which is not properly filtered using the str_replace function.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-6301)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

2.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-6301 EZContents CMS 2.0.3 - Multiple Local File Inclusions webapps, 2008-08-25
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30821 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

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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