Path Traversal in Barekoncept Pheap

CVE-2007-1140

Directory traversal vulnerability in edit.php in pheap allows remote attackers to read and modify arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the filename parameter.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2007-03-02 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 9.4 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.031 (87.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 87.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.030 · newest: 0.031 · change: +0.002

Affected products

Barekoncept Pheap

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

osvdb.org/33140 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
securityreason.com/securityalert/2354 (Exploit, third-party-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/22670 (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460920/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)