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CVE-2015-4181

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—

Directory traversal vulnerability in get_file.php in phpMyBackupPro 2.1 through 2.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the view parameter. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information. NOTE: this vulnerability exists due to an incomplete fix to CVE-2015-4180.

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Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

Phpmybackuppro — Phpmybackuppro

CWEs

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