CVE-2003-1172

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 30.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2003-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the view-source sample file in Apache Software Foundation Cocoon 2.1 and 2.2 allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the filename parameter.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Cocoon: 2.1, 2.1.2, 2.2

References

http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23949
http://secunia.com/advisories/10064
http://securitytracker.com/id?1007993
http://www.osvdb.org/2749
http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/6W00L0U8KC.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8883
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13499
http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23949
http://secunia.com/advisories/10064
http://securitytracker.com/id?1007993
http://www.osvdb.org/2749
http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/6W00L0U8KC.html

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