# CVE-2007-5831: Directory traversal vulnerability in fileSystem.do in SSL-Explorer before 0.2.14 allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via direc


- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Nov 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h9hm-7fpp-hmf3

## What is CVE-2007-5831?

CVE-2007-5831 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Nov 2007. 

### Official description

Directory traversal vulnerability in fileSystem.do in SSL-Explorer before 0.2.14 allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the path parameter.  NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-5831?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ssl-Explorer Ssl-Explorer.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-5831?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-5831 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-5831 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5831 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2007-5832](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-5832/): Other in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2007-2907](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2907/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-5831 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-5831 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Nov 2007. 
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5831 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-5831/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-5831/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5831
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5831
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-5831

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-5831/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.