CVE-2007-0609

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-05-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Advanced Guestbook 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to bypass .htaccess settings, and execute arbitrary PHP local files or read arbitrary local templates, via a .. (dot dot) in a lang cookie, followed by a filename without its .php extension, as demonstrated via a request to index.php.

Affected products

Advanced Guestbook: 2.4.2

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/25153
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2662
http://www.netvigilance.com/advisory0012
http://www.netvigilance.com/advisory0013
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467937/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467941/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23876
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1726
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34152
http://secunia.com/advisories/25153
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2662
http://www.netvigilance.com/advisory0012

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