CVE-2007-1040

HIGH 7.5CVE-2007-1040 · Published 21/02/2007 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2007-1040 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting xpression news (xpression news).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.1%, higher than 87.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
xpression news xpression_news	`= 1.0.1`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in archives.php in Xpression News (X-News) 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files or obtain sensitive information via a .. (dot dot) in the xnews-template parameter.

References

osvdb.org/33225
secunia.com/advisories/24177 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/22609
vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0645
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32560
exploit-db.com/exploits/3332

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