Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 21, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2007-1040

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in archives.php in Xpression News (X-News) 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files or obtain sensitive information via a .. (dot dot) in the xnews-template parameter.

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Affected products

Xpression News/Xpression News
cpe:2.3:a:xpression_news:xpression_news:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Xpression News/X-Newsllm-fuzzy
Range: <= 1.0.1

Patches

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References

secunia.com/advisories/24177nvdVendor Advisory
osvdb.org/33225nvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/22609nvd
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0645nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32560nvd
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3332nvd

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