CVE-2000-1229

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2000-12-31 · updated 2026-09-23

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Phorum 3.0.7 allows remote Phorum administrators to read arbitrary files via ".." (dot dot) sequences in the default .langfile name field in the Master Settings administrative function, which causes the file to be displayed in admin.php3.

Affected products

Phorum: 3.0.7

References

http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2000/01/msg00215.html
http://hispahack.ccc.de/mi020.html
http://www.digitalsec.net/stuff/z-mirrors/hispahack/mi020.htm
http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2000/01/msg00215.html
http://hispahack.ccc.de/mi020.html
http://www.digitalsec.net/stuff/z-mirrors/hispahack/mi020.htm

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