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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-2256 · published 13 July 2005

CVE-2005-2256: Phppgadmin vulnerability

PPhppgadmin · Phppgadmin

Encoded directory traversal vulnerability in phpPgAdmin 3.1 to 3.5.3 allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via "%2e%2e%2f" (encoded dot dot) sequences in the formLanguage parameter.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 4.6% · top 8.6%
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
4.6%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
16References, 4 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Encoded directory traversal vulnerability in phpPgAdmin 3.1 to 3.5.3 allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via "%2e%2e%2f" (encoded dot dot) sequences in the formLanguage parameter.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/dailydave/2005-q3/0010.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/15941 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16116
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014414 Exploit
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=342261
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-759
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14142 Exploit
http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/88188a8c-eff6-11d9-8310-0001020eed82.html Vendor Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/dailydave/2005-q3/0010.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/15941 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16116
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014414 Exploit
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=342261
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-759
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14142 Exploit
http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/88188a8c-eff6-11d9-8310-0001020eed82.html Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-2256), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.