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CVE-2007-0872

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Plain Old Webserver (POW) add-on before 0.0.9 for...

5.0 MediumPublic exploit

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Plain Old Webserver (POW) add-on before 0.0.9 for Mozilla Firefox allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URI.

Exploit likelihood

3.60%Down 3.6 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Plain Old Webserver (POW) add-on before 0.0.9 for Mozilla Firefox allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URI.

Record
CVE-2007-0872
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Plain Old Webserver (POW) add-on before 0.0.9 for Mozilla Firefox allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URI.

Record
CVE-2007-0872
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2007-0868 No score

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Plain Old Webserver (POW) add-on before 0.0.9 for Mozilla Firefox allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URI.

Record
EUVD-2007-0868
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5p34-qvj2-mmp8 No score

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Plain Old Webserver (POW) add-on before 0.0.9 for...

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Plain Old Webserver (POW) add-on before 0.0.9 for Mozilla Firefox allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URI.

Record
GHSA-5p34-qvj2-mmp8
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
Exploit-DBPlain Old WebServer 0.0.7/0.0.8 Firefox Extension - Directory Traversal2006-09-25

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2007-0872 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Plain Old Webserver Old Webserver, published February 12, 2007. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.60%, the 89th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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