CVE-2004-1838 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in xweb 1.0, allowing remote attackers to download arbitrary files by injecting ".. (dot dot)" sequences into URLs. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to unauthorized information disclosure. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an exploit is available on ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xweb:xweb:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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