CVE-2007-1040: Xpression News

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Directory traversal vulnerability in archives.php in Xpression News (X-News) 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files or obtain sensitive information via a .. (dot dot) in the xnews-template parameter.

Affected products

• Xpression News Xpression News: version 1.0.1 only

Published 2007-02-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.