MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2000-0872

Phpphotoalbum vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
7.5%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
explorer.php in PhotoAlbum 0.9.9 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack.
Affected vendor
Nathan Purciful
Affected product
Phpphotoalbum
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Published
2000-11-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 7.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2000-0872

  • Confirm whether Nathan Purciful Phpphotoalbum is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2000-0872.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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