High severity8.1NVD Advisory· Published Jan 15, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2017-5480

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in inc/files/files.ctrl.php in b2evolution through 6.8.3 allows remote authenticated users to read or delete arbitrary files by leveraging back-office access to provide a .. (dot dot) in the fm_selected array parameter.

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

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References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/95454nvd
github.com/b2evolution/b2evolution/commit/26841d9c81f27ad23b2f6e4bd5eaec7f2f58dfe0nvd
github.com/b2evolution/b2evolution/issues/35nvd

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