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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2009-0722 EUVD-2009-0722GHSA-hcjh-4chw-69ff

Directory traversal vulnerability in admin.php in Potato News 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary files via a ..…

Published Feb 24, 2009 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in admin.php in Potato News 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the user cookie parameter.

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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