MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2007-5642

Php Project Management vulnerability

CVSS
6.8
EPSS
6.2%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in PHP Project Management 0.8.10 and earlier allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in (1) the def_lang parameter to modules/files/list.php; the m_path parameter to (2) modules/projects/summary.inc.php or (3) modules/tasks/summary.inc.php; (4) the module parameter to modules/projects/list.php; or the module parameter to index.php in the (5) certinfo, (6) emails, (7) events, (8) fax, (9) files, (10) groupadm, (11) history, (12) info, (13) log, (14) mail, (15) messages, (16) organizations, (17) phones, (18) presence, (19) projects, (20) reports, (21) search, (22) snf, (23) syslog, (24) tasks, or (25) useradm subdirectory of modules/.
Affected vendor
Phppm
Affected product
Php Project Management
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2007-10-23

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 6.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2007-5642

  • Confirm whether Phppm Php Project Management is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2007-5642.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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