Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2003· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2003-1172

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the view-source sample file in Apache Software Foundation Cocoon 2.1 and 2.2 allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the filename parameter.

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Affected products

Apache/Cocoon4 versions
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cocoon:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:cocoon:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:cocoon:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:cocoon:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =2.1, =2.2

Patches

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References

secunia.com/advisories/10064nvdExploit
securitytracker.com/idnvdExploit
www.securiteam.com/securitynews/6W00L0U8KC.htmlnvdExploitPatch
www.securityfocus.com/bid/8883nvdExploit
issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvd
www.osvdb.org/2749nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13499nvd

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