Vulnerability Report

CVE-2004-2255

Title: phpMyFAQ directory traversal arbitrary file read/PHP execution

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2004-2255.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Dec 31, 2004

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.4 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.98%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2004-2255: Directory traversal vulnerability in phpMyFAQ 1.3.12 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, and possibly execute local PHP files, via the action variable, which is used as part of a template filename.

Impacted Vendors

phpmyfaq 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-05/0906.html http://secunia.com/advisories/11640 http://securitytracker.com/id?1010190 http://www.osvdb.org/6300 http://www.phpmyfaq.de/advisory_2004-05-18.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10374 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16177 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-05/0906.html http://secunia.com/advisories/11640 http://securitytracker.com/id?1010190 http://www.osvdb.org/6300 http://www.phpmyfaq.de/advisory_2004-05-18.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10374 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16177

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.4

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2004-2255 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 31, 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:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.