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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2012-5386 EUVD-2012-5305GHSA-wchm-hjqp-64vc

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in phpPaleo 4.8b180 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via…

Published Oct 11, 2012 · Updated Sep 17, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in phpPaleo 4.8b180 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the phppaleo4_lang cookie, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-1671. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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References

  • 48398 third-party-advisory