CVE-2014-5258

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 20.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-11-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in showTempFile.php in webEdition CMS before 6.3.9.0 Beta allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter.

Affected products

Webedition CMS: through 6.3.8.0

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128301/webEdition-6.3.8.0-Path-Traversal.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533465/100/0/threaded
http://www.webedition.org/de/aktuelles/webedition-cms/webEdition-6.3.9-Beta-erschienen
http://www.webedition.org/de/webedition-cms/versionshistorie/webedition-6/version-6.3.9.0
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23227
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128301/webEdition-6.3.8.0-Path-Traversal.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533465/100/0/threaded
http://www.webedition.org/de/aktuelles/webedition-cms/webEdition-6.3.9-Beta-erschienen
http://www.webedition.org/de/webedition-cms/versionshistorie/webedition-6/version-6.3.9.0
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23227

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