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CVE-2005-4421

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-12-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Dev-Editor 3.0 allows remote attackers to access any directory outside the web root whose name is a substring of the web root directory name.

Affected products

• Dev-Editor: 2.0, 2.1, 2.1a, 2.2a, 2.3, 2.3.1 (+2)

References

• http://devedit.sourceforge.net/changelog.shtml
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17537/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15393
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2389
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23057
• http://devedit.sourceforge.net/changelog.shtml
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17537/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15393
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2389
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23057

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