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Vulnerability record · CVE-2007-5491 · published 17 October 2007

CVE-2007-5491: Sitebar path traversal vulnerability

Sitebar · Sitebar

Directory traversal vulnerability in the translation module (translator.php) in SiteBar 3.3.8 allows remote authenticated users to chmod arbitrary files to 0777 via ".." sequences in the lang parameter.

9.0 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 2.3% · top 17.1% CWE-22 · Path traversal
9.0CVSS 2.0 base score
2.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
16References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the translation module (translator.php) in SiteBar 3.3.8 allows remote authenticated users to chmod arbitrary files to 0777 via ".." sequences in the lang parameter.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/27503
http://secunia.com/advisories/28008
http://teamforge.net/viewcvs/viewcvs.cgi/tags/release-3.3.9/doc/history.txt?view=markup
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1423
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-05.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26126
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3768
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195810
http://secunia.com/advisories/27503
http://secunia.com/advisories/28008
http://teamforge.net/viewcvs/viewcvs.cgi/tags/release-3.3.9/doc/history.txt?view=markup
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1423
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-05.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26126
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3768
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195810

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2007-5491), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.