CVE-2005-4212

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-12-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in coin_includes/db.php in phpCOIN 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary local files via ".." (dot dot) sequences in the $_CCFG[_PKG_PATH_DBSE] variable.

Affected products

Coinsoft Technologies Phpcoin: 1.2.2

References

http://forums.phpcoin.com/index.php?showtopic=5469
http://rgod.altervista.org/phpcoin122.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18030
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015345
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419382/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15831
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2888
http://forums.phpcoin.com/index.php?showtopic=5469
http://rgod.altervista.org/phpcoin122.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18030
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015345
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419382/100/0/threaded

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