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CVE-2013-4900 json

Directory traversal vulnerability in DeWeS web server 0.4.2 and possibly earlier, as used in Twilight CMS, allows remote attackers to read…

published 13y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-4745

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.9%
EPSS 3.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in DeWeS web server 0.4.2 and possibly earlier, as used in Twilight CMS, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..%5c (dot dot encoded backslash) in a GET request.

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-38737)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

3.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-38737 Twilight CMS - DeWeS Web Server Directory Traversal webapps, 2013-08-21
  • EDB-27777 DeWeS 0.4.2 - Directory Traversal webapps, 2013-08-22
  • htbridge.com https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23167 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-08/0126.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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