CVE-2004-0578 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in WinGate versions 5.2.3 build 901, 6.0 beta 2 build 942, and 5.0.5. Remote attackers can exploit this flaw by using leading slash characters (//) in a URL request to the "wingate-internal" directory, allowing them to read arbitrary files. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low complexity and requires no authentication, potentially leading to information disclosure. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:5.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0_beta_2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:6.0_beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.