CVE-2007-1042

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 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: 2007-02-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in news.php in Xpression News (X-News) 1.0.1, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files or obtain sensitive information via a .. (dot dot) in the xnews-template parameter. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Affected products

Xpression News: 1.0.1

References

http://osvdb.org/33226
http://secunia.com/advisories/24177
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32560
http://osvdb.org/33226
http://secunia.com/advisories/24177
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32560

Get alerted when CVE-2007-1042 or the next vulnerability affects your stack