CWE Code: 22
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 5.0
CWE Name:  Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Summary: directory traversal vulnerability in action.php in phpxplorer allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ".." (dot dot) sequences and null bytes in the saction parameter, a different vulnerability than cve-2006-0244.  note: if the functionality of phpxplorer supports the upload of php files, then this issue would not cross privilege boundaries and would not be a vulnerability.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: NETWORK
Impact (C/I/A): PARTIAL/NONE/NONE
Published Date: 2006-01-26
Last Modified Date: 2018-10-19
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CWE Code: 22
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 5.0
CWE Name:  Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Summary: directory traversal vulnerability in action.php in phpxplorer allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ".." (dot dot) sequences and null bytes in the saction parameter, a different vulnerability than cve-2006-0244.  note: if the functionality of phpxplorer supports the upload of php files, then this issue would not cross privilege boundaries and would not be a vulnerability.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: NETWORK
Impact (C/I/A): PARTIAL/NONE/NONE
Published Date: 2006-01-26
Last Modified Date: 2018-10-19
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