CVE-2008-2969

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-07-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in download.php in Academic Web Tools (AWT YEKTA) 1.4.3.1, and 1.4.2.8 and earlier, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the dfile parameter.

Affected products

Yektaweb Academic Web Tools: through 1.4.2.8; 1.4.3.1

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3959
http://www.bugreport.ir/?/44
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493472/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29813
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43175
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3959
http://www.bugreport.ir/?/44
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493472/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29813
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43175

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