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CVE-2001-0231

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-03-26 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in newsdesk.cgi in News Desk 1.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. in the "t" parameter.

Affected products

• Ibrow News Desk: 1.2

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0042.html
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/496064
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2172
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5898
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0042.html
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/496064
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2172
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5898

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