Vulnerability record · CVE-2007-5642 · published 23 October 2007
CVE-2007-5642: Phppm php project management path traversal vulnerability
Phppm · Php Project Management
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in PHP Project Management 0.8.10 and earlier allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in (1) the def_lang parameter to modules/files/list.php; the m_path parameter to (2) modules/projects/summary.inc.php or (3) modules/tasks/summary.inc.php; (4) the module parameter to modules/projects/list.php; or the module parameter to index.php in the (5) certinfo, (6) emails, (7) events, (8) fax, (9) files, (10) groupadm, (11) history, (12) info, (13) log, (14) mail, (15) messages, (16) organizations, (17) phones, (18) presence, (19) projects, (20) reports, (21) search, (22) snf, (23) syslog, (24) tasks, or (25) useradm subdirectory of modules/.
Description
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in PHP Project Management 0.8.10 and earlier allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in (1) the def_lang parameter to modules/files/list.php; the m_path parameter to (2) modules/projects/summary.inc.php or (3) modules/tasks/summary.inc.php; (4) the module parameter to modules/projects/list.php; or the module parameter to index.php in the (5) certinfo, (6) emails, (7) events, (8) fax, (9) files, (10) groupadm, (11) history, (12) info, (13) log, (14) mail, (15) messages, (16) organizations, (17) phones, (18) presence, (19) projects, (20) reports, (21) search, (22) snf, (23) syslog, (24) tasks, or (25) useradm subdirectory of modules/.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products
1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2007-5642), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.