CVE-2007-0872

Plain Old Webserver - Directory Traversal via URI

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-0872. PoCs published by Stefano Di Paola.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Plain Old Webserver version 0.0.7. It allows attackers to access sensitive files by manipulating the URL path with '../' sequences.

Description

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Stefano Di Paola · textremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29575

The exploit describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Plain Old Webserver version 0.0.7. It allows attackers to access sensitive files by manipulating the URL path with '../' sequences.

Classification
Writeup 80%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Plain Old Webserver 0.0.7
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target webserver
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Feb/0196.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/33174
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3002/
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Feb/0210.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32467
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22502
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/24127
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0558

Scores

EPSS 0.0349
EPSS Percentile 87.6%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
plain_old_webserver/plain_old_webserver 0.0.7
plain_old_webserver/plain_old_webserver 0.0.8
Published Feb 12, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026