MEDIUM
Directory traversal vulnerability in help_text_vars.php in PHPGedView 3.3.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to read and include arbitrary files via a .
Published Dec 22, 2005
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.74%
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in help_text_vars.php in PHPGedView 3.3.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to read and include arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the PGV_BASE_DIRECTORY parameter.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 2.52.3
- 2.60
- 2.61
- 2.61.1
- 2.65
- 2.65.1
- 2.65.2
- 2.65_beta5
- 3.3.7
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
4.74% 0.04736
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.04736
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.74% (0.04736) | 91.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.78% (0.04775) | 90.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 4, 2025 | 7.20% (0.07197) | 91.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 8.43% (0.08433) | 91.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 3.80% (0.03801) | 91.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.70% (0.00701) | 80.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.59% (0.00594) | 77.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.60% (0.00596) | 75.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (10)
- http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/phpgedview/phpGedView/help_text_vars.php?r1=1.63&r2=1.64 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://rgod.altervista.org/phpgedview_337_xpl.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18177 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015395 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.osvdb.org/22009 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419906/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15983 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3033 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23871 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1386434&group_id=55456&atid=477081 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/phpgedview/phpGedView/help_text_vars.php?r1=1.63&r2=1.64 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://rgod.altervista.org/phpgedview_337_xpl.html | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18177 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1015395 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/22009 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419906/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15983 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3033 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23871 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1386434&group_id=55456&atid=477081 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 22, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Dec 21, 2005
Link CVE-2005-4467
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a