CVE-2007-5823

high

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in forum.php in Ben Ng Scribe 0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the username parameter in a Register action.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4596

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483183/100/0/threaded

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3339

http://osvdb.org/39063

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-11-05

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N