CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-2256

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2005-07-13 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-07-13
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Description

Encoded directory traversal vulnerability in phpPgAdmin 3.1 to 3.5.3 allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via "%2e%2e%2f" (encoded dot dot) sequences in the formLanguage parameter.

Affected configurations

• phppgadmin phppgadmin 3.1 • phppgadmin phppgadmin 3.2 • phppgadmin phppgadmin 3.3 • phppgadmin phppgadmin 3.4 • phppgadmin phppgadmin 3.4.1 • phppgadmin phppgadmin 3.5.3

Related

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

  • CWE-172 Improper Encoding or Decoding of Data weakness
  • CWE-177 Improper Handling of URL Encoding (Hex Encoding) weakness

References