Evoluted PHP Directory Listing Script up to 4.0.5 index.php dir cross site scripting

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A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Evoluted PHP Directory Listing Script up to 4.0.5. This affects an unknown part of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument dir results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-25557. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Evoluted PHP Directory Listing Script up to 4.0.5. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown part of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument dir with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

Evoluted PHP Directory Listing Script through 4.0.5 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in index.php where the dir parameter value is reflected without HTML encoding inside the HTML title element and inside anchor href attributes in the breadcrumb navigation. Attackers can inject arbitrary JavaScript via crafted dir parameter values by breaking out of the title context or injecting event handlers into breadcrumb anchor attributes to execute malicious scripts in a victim's browser.

The weakness was released by philopentest. The advisory is available at gist.github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-25557 since 02/02/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

By approaching the search of inurl:index.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Programming Language Software

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• Evoluted

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• PHP Directory Listing Script

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• 4.0.0
• 4.0.1
• 4.0.2
• 4.0.3
• 4.0.4
• 4.0.5

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• open-source

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