CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-4421

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Dev-Editor 3.0 allows remote attackers to access any directory outside the web root whose name is a substring of the web root directory name.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can gain unauthorized access to files and directories outside the web root, potentially leading to sensitive data leakage or further attack escalation.

Recommendation

Immediately update Dev-Editor to the latest version or apply appropriate firewall/Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to block requests exploiting this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Dev-Editor 3.0 allows remote attackers to access any directory outside the web root whose name is a substring of the web root directory name.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS