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CVE-2008-6201 (GCVE-0-2008-6201)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-02-20 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:20
VLAI
Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in help.php in the eskuel module in KwsPHP 1.3.456, as available before 20080416, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the action parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://secunia.com/advisories/29802 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://koogar.alorys-hebergement.com/kwsphp/index… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1241… vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490861 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28788 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2008-04-16 00:00
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