CVE-2015-4181

high

Published 2017-08-25 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

7.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.5

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in get_file.php in phpMyBackupPro 2.1 through 2.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the view parameter. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information. NOTE: this vulnerability exists due to an incomplete fix to CVE-2015-4180.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-10169 webapps php verified

Amol Naik · 2009-11-16

phpMyBackupPro - Arbitrary File Download

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
phpmybackuppro	phpmybackuppro	`2.1`
phpmybackuppro	phpmybackuppro	`2.2`
phpmybackuppro	phpmybackuppro	`2.3`
phpmybackuppro	phpmybackuppro	`2.4`
phpmybackuppro	phpmybackuppro	`2.5`

References

CWEs

CWE-22

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.