CVE-2007-1042

MEDIUM 5.8CVE-2007-1042 · Published 21/02/2007 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2007-1042 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.8) vulnerability affecting xpression news (xpression news).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.5%, higher than 74.4% 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 news.php in Xpression News (X-News) 1.0.1, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files or obtain sensitive information via a .. (dot dot) in the xnews-template parameter. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

References

osvdb.org/33226
secunia.com/advisories/24177 · Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32560

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