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CVE-2004-0578

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2004-12-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

WinGate 5.2.3 build 901 and 6.0 beta 2 build 942, and other versions such as 5.0.5, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via leading slash (//) characters in a URL request to the wingate-internal directory.

Affected products

• Qbik Wingate: 5.0.5, 5.2.3, 6.0_beta_2

References

• http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=108872788123695&w=2
• http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=113
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16589
• http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=108872788123695&w=2
• http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=113
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16589

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