Vulnerability Report

CVE-2004-2256

Title: phpMyFAQ directory traversal arbitrary file read/PHP execution

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2004-2256.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Dec 31, 2004
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
2.04%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2004-2256: Directory traversal vulnerability in phpMyFAQ 1.4.0 alpha allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, and possibly execute local PHP files, via .. sequences in the lang (language) variable.

Impacted Vendors

P
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.phpmyfaq.de/advisory_2004-05-18.php http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/363636 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10377 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16223 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-05/0906.html http://secunia.com/advisories/11640 http://securitytracker.com/id?1010190 http://www.phpmyfaq.de/advisory_2004-05-18.php http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/363636 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10377 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16223
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-2004-2256 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

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.