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CVE-2004-0344· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Directory traversal vulnerability in ModifyMessage.php in YaBB SE 1.5.4 through 1.5.5b allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via

Directory traversal vulnerability in ModifyMessage.php in YaBB SE 1.5.4 through 1.5.5b allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the attachOld parameter.

MediumCVSS 6.4 · v2.0—Proof of concept No fix recorded
Published
Nov 23, 2004
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
2.2% · 81th percentile
CWE
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Action score

26

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
25 / 40 · 6.4 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.2%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
yabbyabb

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • yabb yabb1.5.5
  • yabb yabb1.5.5b

Same product

yabb: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2007-3208CRLF injection vulnerability in Yet another Bulletin Board (YaBB) 2.1 allows remote attackers to obtain administrative access via requests t
    42Plan
  • CVE-2004-2403Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in YaBB 1 GOLD SP 1.3.2 allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions as the admin
    41Plan
  • CVE-2004-0343Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in YaBB SE 1.5.4 through 1.5.5b allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL via (1) the msg param
    41Plan
  • CVE-2013-2057YaBB through 2.5.2: 'guestlanguage' Cookie Parameter Local File Include Vulnerability
    40Plan
  • CVE-2002-0955Cross-site scripting vulnerability in YaBB.cgi for Yet Another Bulletin Board (YaBB) 1 Gold SP1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execu
    33Monitor
  • CVE-2000-1176Directory traversal vulnerability in YaBB search.pl CGI script allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..
    32Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

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Evidence

  • Exploit-DB entry ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2004-03-01

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. First PoC-267 d
  2. Published
  3. TodaySep 30, 2026+7981 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
P · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
P · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
P
Availability impact
P

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

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References

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