CVE-2004-1838
Directory traversal vulnerability in xweb 1.0 allows remote attackers to download arbitrary files via a ..
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 3.7%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in xweb 1.0 allows remote attackers to download arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URL.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.74% probability · 90th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 22 March 2004
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- xweb/xweb
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107997946623770&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11186Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1009514Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.autistici.org/fdonato/advisory/xweb1.0-adv.txtExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/4460Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9937Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15567
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107997946623770&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11186Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1009514Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.autistici.org/fdonato/advisory/xweb1.0-adv.txtExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/4460Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9937Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15567
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.