Path Traversal in Unclassified Newsboard

CVE-2009-1948

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in forum.php in Unclassified NewsBoard (UNB) 1.6.4, when register_globals is enabled and magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allow remote attackers to (1) read arbitrary recently-modified files via a .. (dot dot) in the GLOBALS[filename] parameter or (2) include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the GLOBALS[UTE][__tplCollection][a][file] parameter.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.020 (79.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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