CVE-2000-1176

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.7% 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 YaBB search.pl CGI script allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack in the "catsearch" form field.

Affected products

YaBB: 2000-09-11

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0110.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1921
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0110.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1921

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