CVE-2001-0231

high

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in newsdesk.cgi in News Desk 1.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. in the "t" parameter.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5898

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2001-0231

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2172

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/496064

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0042.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2001-03-26

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03463