CVE-2007-5491

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Published Oct 17, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 9.0 Critical EPSS 2.3% KEV · Not listed

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the translation module (translator.php) in SiteBar 3.3.8 allows remote authenticated users to chmod arbitrary files to 0777 via ".." sequences in the lang parameter.

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

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sitebar:sitebar:3.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-1423-1	New sitebar packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD	EUVD-2007-5466	Directory traversal vulnerability in the translation module (translator.php) in SiteBar 3.3.8 allows remote authenticated users to chmod arbitrary files to 0777 via ".." sequences in the lang parameter.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.3% (2.341% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/27503
http://secunia.com/advisories/28008
http://teamforge.net/viewcvs/viewcvs.cgi/tags/release-3.3.9/doc/history.txt?view=markup
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1423
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-05.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26126
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3768
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195810

History

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Subscriptions

Sitebar Sitebar

Weaknesses

CWE-22

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 3:31 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Oct 17, 2007, 7:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 3:31 PM
Reserved: Oct 17, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:46 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 17, 2007, 7:17 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:46 PM

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