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CVE-2000-1171
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 8.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2001-01-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in cgiforum.pl script in CGIForum 1.0 allows remote attackers to ready arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack in the "thesection" parameter.
Affected products
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0263.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1963
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5553
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0263.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1963
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5553
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