CVE-2005-4467
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 ..
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 4.7%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 4.74% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 20 December 2005
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- phpgedview/phpgedview
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 4.7% 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://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/phpgedview/phpGedView/help_text_vars.php?r1=1.63&r2=1.64
- http://rgod.altervista.org/phpgedview_337_xpl.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18177Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015395
- http://www.osvdb.org/22009
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419906/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15983Exploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3033
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23871
- https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1386434&group_id=55456&atid=477081Patch
- http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/phpgedview/phpGedView/help_text_vars.php?r1=1.63&r2=1.64
- http://rgod.altervista.org/phpgedview_337_xpl.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18177Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015395
- http://www.osvdb.org/22009
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419906/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15983Exploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3033
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23871
- https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1386434&group_id=55456&atid=477081Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.