CVE-2005-3557

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Published Nov 16, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 2.2% KEV · Not listed

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in admin/defaults.php in PHPlist 2.10.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the selected%5B%5D parameter in an HTTP POST request.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:tincan:phplist:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-3556	Directory traversal vulnerability in admin/defaults.php in PHPlist 2.10.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the selected%5B%5D parameter in an HTTP POST request.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.2% (2.198% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/20569
http://secunia.com/advisories/17476
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/416005/30/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15350
http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2005-11-001.txt
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2345

History

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Subscriptions

Tincan Phplist

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 11:17 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Nov 16, 2005, 7:37 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 11:17 PM
Reserved: Nov 16, 2005, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:17 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 16, 2005, 7:42 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:17 PM

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