CVE-2013-5688

Ajaxplorer vulnerability

CVSS

5.5

EPSS

6.2%

EPSS pct

93th

Exploited

No known

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in index.php in AjaXplorer 5.0.2 and earlier allow remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a ../%00 (dot dot backslash encoded null byte) in the file parameter in a (1) download or (2) get_content action, or (3) upload arbitrary files via a ../%00 (dot dot backslash encoded null byte) in the dir parameter in an upload action.

Affected vendor

Ajaxplorer

Affected product

Ajaxplorer

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Published

2013-11-05

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity.

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.

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