CVE-2005-4467

N/A Unknown

Published: December 22, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in help_text_vars.php in PHPGedView 3.3.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to read and include arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the PGV_BASE_DIRECTORY parameter.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/phpgedview/phpGedView/help_text_vars.php?r1=1.63&r2=1.64

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://rgod.altervista.org/phpgedview_337_xpl.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/18177

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1015395

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.osvdb.org/22009

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419906/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15983

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3033

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23871

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1386434&group_id=55456&atid=477081

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/phpgedview/phpGedView/help_text_vars.php?r1=1.63&r2=1.64