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CVE-2005-2256

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-07-13 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Encoded directory traversal vulnerability in phpPgAdmin 3.1 to 3.5.3 allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via "%2e%2e%2f" (encoded dot dot) sequences in the formLanguage parameter.

Affected products

• Phppgadmin: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.4.1, 3.5.3

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/dailydave/2005-q3/0010.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15941
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16116
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014414
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=342261
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-759
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14142
• http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/88188a8c-eff6-11d9-8310-0001020eed82.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/dailydave/2005-q3/0010.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15941
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16116
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014414

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