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CVE-2009-2007· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Dokeos 1.8.5, and possibly earlier, allow remote attackers to (1) read portions of arbitrary

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Dokeos 1.8.5, and possibly earlier, allow remote attackers to (1) read portions of arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) and a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in the lang parameter to main/exercice/hotspot_lang_conversion.php and (2) read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the doc_url parameter to main/exercice/Hpdownload.php.

MediumCVSS 5.0 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded

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Published
Jun 8, 2009
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.9% · 79th percentile
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Action score

21

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 1.9%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
dokeosdokeos

Affected versions

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

  • dokeos dokeos1.8.5

Same product

dokeos: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2013-6341SQL injection vulnerability in Dokeos 2.2 RC2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the language paramet
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2008-0850Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Dokeos 1.8.4 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) id parameter to
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2009-2004Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in main/mySpace/myStudents.php in Dokeos 1.8.5, and possibly earlier, allow remote attackers to execu
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2007-2902SQL injection vulnerability in main/auth/my_progress.php in Dokeos 1.8.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2009-2008Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Dokeos 1.8.5, and possibly earlier, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via t
    27Monitor
  • CVE-2009-2005Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Dokeos 1.8.5, and possibly earlier, allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication
    27Monitor

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

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

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.

No dated events beyond publication.

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
P · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
P
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Root cause

A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-22 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);res.sendFile(file);

Fixed

ts
const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {  return res.sendStatus(400);}res.sendFile(file);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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