CVE-2009-2007

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-06-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Dokeos 1.8.5, and possibly earlier, allow remote attackers to (1) read portions of arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) and a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in the lang parameter to main/exercice/hotspot_lang_conversion.php and (2) read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the doc_url parameter to main/exercice/Hpdownload.php.

Affected products

Dokeos: 1.8.5

References

http://gsasec.blogspot.com/2009/05/dokeos-free-185-multiple.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/34879
http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Security#Dokeos_1.8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34928
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1300
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50503
http://gsasec.blogspot.com/2009/05/dokeos-free-185-multiple.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/34879
http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Security#Dokeos_1.8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34928
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1300
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50503

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