CVE-2005-4467

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-12-22 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in help_text_vars.php in PHPGedView 3.3.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to read and include arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the PGV_BASE_DIRECTORY parameter.

Affected products

Phpgedview: 2.52.3, 2.60, 2.61, 2.61.1, 2.65, 2.65.1 (+3)

References

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/phpgedview/phpGedView/help_text_vars.php?r1=1.63&r2=1.64
http://rgod.altervista.org/phpgedview_337_xpl.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18177
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015395
http://www.osvdb.org/22009
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419906/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15983
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3033
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23871
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1386434&group_id=55456&atid=477081
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/phpgedview/phpGedView/help_text_vars.php?r1=1.63&r2=1.64
http://rgod.altervista.org/phpgedview_337_xpl.html

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