CVE-2011-0049

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in the _list_file_get function in lib/Majordomo.pm in Majordomo 2 before 20110131 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in the help command, as demonstrated using (1) a crafted email and (2) cgi-bin/mj_wwwusr in the web interface.

Published: 2011-02-04 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-0049 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 90.58%, 100th percentile). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2011-0049

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16103 exploit_db edb 2011-02-03 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-0049

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 2026-03-02 91.27% 90.58% -0.69%
2 2025-03-30 91.60% 91.27% -0.33%
3 2025-03-29 91.60%

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-0049

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-2011-0049

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-0049

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mj2 majordomo_2 <= 20110130 cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mj2 majordomo_2 20110101 cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110101:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mj2 majordomo_2 20110102 cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110102:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mj2 majordomo_2 20110103 cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110103:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mj2 majordomo_2 20110104 cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110104:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mj2 majordomo_2 20110105 cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110105:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mj2 majordomo_2 20110106 cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110106:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mj2 majordomo_2 20110107 cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110107:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mj2 majordomo_2 20110108 cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110108:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mj2 majordomo_2 20110109 cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110109:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mj2 majordomo_2 20110110 cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110110:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mj2 majordomo_2 20110111 cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110111:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mj2 majordomo_2 20110112 cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110112:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mj2 majordomo_2 20110113 cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110113:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mj2 majordomo_2 20110114 cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110114:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mj2 majordomo_2 20110115 cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110115:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mj2 majordomo_2 20110116 cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110116:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mj2 majordomo_2 20110117 cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110117:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mj2 majordomo_2 20110118 cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110118:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mj2 majordomo_2 20110119 cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110119:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mj2 majordomo_2 20110120 cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110120:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mj2 majordomo_2 20110121 cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110121:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mj2 majordomo_2 20110122 cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110122:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mj2 majordomo_2 20110123 cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110123:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mj2 majordomo_2 20110124 cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110124:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mj2 majordomo_2 20110125 cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110125:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mj2 majordomo_2 20110126 cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110126:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mj2 majordomo_2 20110127 cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110127:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mj2 majordomo_2 20110128 cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110128:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mj2 majordomo_2 20110129 cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110129:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-0049

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