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CVE-2010-5281

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.8)—

Directory traversal vulnerability in ibrowser.php in the CMScout 2.09 IBrowser TinyMCE Plugin 1.4.1, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the lang parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

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Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

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          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
          "authentication": "NONE",
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  "published": "2012-11-26T23:55:00.923",
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      "value": "Directory traversal vulnerability in ibrowser.php in the CMScout 2.09 IBrowser TinyMCE Plugin 1.4.1, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the lang parameter.  NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information."
    },
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      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Vulnerabilidad de salto de directorio en ibrowser.php en el Plugin iBrowser TinyMCE  v1.4.1 para CMScout 2.09 , cuando magic_quotes_gpc está desactivado, permite a atacantes remotos leer archivos de su elección a través de un .. (punto punto) en el parámetro lang. NOTA: algunos de estos detalles han sido obtenidos a partir de información de terceros.\r\n"
    }
  ],
  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:26:28.433",
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