Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2004-1838. PoCs published by Donato Ferrante.
AI-analyzed exploit summary The provided text describes a directory traversal vulnerability in XWeb, allowing remote attackers to access sensitive files outside the server root. It includes a basic example URL but lacks executable exploit code.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in xweb 1.0 allows remote attackers to download arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URL.
Exploits (1)
exploitdb
WRITEUP
VERIFIED
by Donato Ferrante · textremotelinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23864
The provided text describes a directory traversal vulnerability in XWeb, allowing remote attackers to access sensitive files outside the server root. It includes a basic example URL but lacks executable exploit code.
Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target:
XWeb (version unspecified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites:
Network access to the vulnerable XWeb server
MITRE ATT&CK
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026
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References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107997946623770&w=2
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.autistici.org/fdonato/advisory/xweb1.0-adv.txt
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/4460
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/11186
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9937
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1009514
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15567
Scores
EPSS
0.0374
EPSS Percentile
88.4%
Details
Status
published
Products (1)
xweb/xweb
1.0
Published
Mar 22, 2004
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026