CVE-2000-1229

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in Phorum 3.0.7 allows remote Phorum administrators to read arbitrary files via ".." (dot dot) sequences in the default .langfile name field in the Master Settings administrative function, which causes the file to be displayed in admin.php3.

Published: 2000-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2000-1229 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.56%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2000-1229

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-1229

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.58% 1.56% +0.99%
2 2025-03-17 0.37% 0.58% +0.21%
3 2025-01-19 — 0.37% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-1229

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-1229

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-1229

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phorum phorum 3.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-1229

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