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Status published
Medium
CVE-2009-2081
Directory traversal vulnerability in help.php in phpWebThings 1.5.2 and earlier,...
Vulnerability Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in help.php in phpWebThings 1.5.2 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the module parameter.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.2b, 0.3, 0.4, 0.4.1, 0.4.2, 0.6.0, 1.0, 1.1a, 1.4, 1.5.0, 1.5.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 16th, 2009
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.