CVE-2007-1042: Xpression News

Medium severity, CVSS 5.8. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Directory traversal vulnerability in news.php in Xpression News (X-News) 1.0.1, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files or obtain sensitive information via a .. (dot dot) in the xnews-template parameter. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Affected products

• Xpression News Xpression News: version 1.0.1 only

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