CVE-2005-3557 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in admin/defaults.php in PHPlist 2.10.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the selected%5B%5D parameter in an HTTP POST request.

Published: 2005-11-16

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 1.1% Low

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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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:tincan:phplist:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-3556	Directory traversal vulnerability in admin/defaults.php in PHPlist 2.10.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the selected%5B%5D parameter in an HTTP POST request.

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 0.01076.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/20569
http://secunia.com/advisories/17476
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/416005/30/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15350
http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2005-11-001.txt
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2345

History

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Subscriptions

Tincan Phplist

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-11-16T07:37:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:17:23.382Z

Reserved: 2005-11-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-3557

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-11-16T07:42:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-3557

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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