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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-5539

The patch for directory traversal (CVE-2017-5480) in b2evolution version 6.8.4-stable has a bypass vulnerability. An attacker can use ..\/ to bypass the filter rule. Then, this attacker can exploit this vulnerability to delete or read any files on the server. It can also be used to determine whether a file exists.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:02 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2017-5539

core-osv · Original source

Published 23 Jan 2017, 07:59 UTC

The patch for directory traversal (CVE-2017-5480) in b2evolution version 6.8.4-stable has a bypass vulnerability. An attacker can use ..\/ to bypass the filter rule. Then, this attacker can exploit this vulnerability to delete or read any files on the server. It can also be used to determine whether a file exists.

osv:CVE-2017-5539
Complete source record
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