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CVE-2009-0290

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.8 Published: 2009-01-27 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in common.php in SIR GNUBoard 4.31.03 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the g4_path parameter. NOTE: in some environments, this can be leveraged for remote code execution via a data: URI or a UNC share pathname.

Affected Platforms

Sir Gnuboard

Weakness Type

CWE-22

References