CVE-2005-2256 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Encoded directory traversal vulnerability in phpPgAdmin 3.1 to 3.5.3 allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via "%2e%2e%2f" (encoded dot dot) sequences in the formLanguage parameter.

Published: 2005-07-13

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 12.5% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:3.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:3.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:3.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:3.4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:3.5.3:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.12524.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/dailydave/2005-q3/0010.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/15941
http://secunia.com/advisories/16116
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014414
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=342261
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-759
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14142
http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/88188a8c-eff6-11d9-8310-0001020eed82.html

History

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Subscriptions

Phppgadmin Phppgadmin

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-07-13T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:22:47.750Z

Reserved: 2005-07-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-2256

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-07-13T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-2256

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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