Vulnerability Report

CVE-2004-1742

Title: WebAPP directory traversal arbitrary file view

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2004-1742

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Aug 24, 2004

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

7.18%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2004-1742: Directory traversal vulnerability in WebAPP 0.9.9 allows remote attackers to view arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the viewcat parameter.

Impacted Vendors

web-app.org 1

web-app.net 1

Reference Links

http://cornerstone.web-app.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi?action=downloadinfo&cat=updates&id=1 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109336268002879&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/12373 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11028 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17100 http://cornerstone.web-app.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi?action=downloadinfo&cat=updates&id=1 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109336268002879&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/12373 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11028 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17100

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2004-1742 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24408

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 24, 2004 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.