CVE-2017-5541

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-01-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in template/usererror.missing_extension.php in Symphony CMS before 2.6.10 allows remote attackers to rename arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the existing-folder and new-folder parameters.

Affected products

Getsymphony Symphony: through 2.6.9

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95689
https://github.com/symphonycms/symphony-2/issues/2639
https://github.com/symphonycms/symphony-2/releases/tag/2.6.10
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95689
https://github.com/symphonycms/symphony-2/issues/2639
https://github.com/symphonycms/symphony-2/releases/tag/2.6.10

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