CVE-2007-0389

ArsDigita Community System <3.4.10 & Education Solution 1.1 - Directory Traversal

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-0389. PoCs published by Elliot Kendall.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit describes a directory traversal vulnerability in ArsDigita Community System due to improper input sanitization. It provides a URL example demonstrating how an attacker can retrieve arbitrary files like /etc/passwd.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in ArsDigita Community System (ACS) 3.4.10 and earlier, and ArsDigita Community Education Solution (ACES) 1.1, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via .%252e/ (double-encoded dot dot slash) sequences in the URI.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Elliot Kendall · textremotelinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29496

The exploit describes a directory traversal vulnerability in ArsDigita Community System due to improper input sanitization. It provides a URL example demonstrating how an attacker can retrieve arbitrary files like /etc/passwd.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: ArsDigita Community System
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the vulnerable web application
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0286
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31613
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/33552
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22121
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457318/100/0/threaded

Scores

EPSS 0.0283
EPSS Percentile 85.1%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
arsdigita/arsdigita_community_education_solution 1.1
arsdigita/arsdigita_community_system < 3.4.10
Published Jan 19, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026