cve/2007/CVE-2007-5823.md

### [CVE-2007-5823](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5823)
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### Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in forum.php in Ben Ng Scribe 0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the username parameter in a Register action.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3339
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4596

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.