CVE-2006-5897 (GCVE-0-2006-5897)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-11-15 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 20:04
VLAI
Summary
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in PhpMyChat Plus 1.9 and earlier allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the ChatPath parameter to (1) avatar.php, (2) colorhelp_popup.php, (3) color_popup.php, (4) index.php, (5) index1.php, (6) lib/connected_users.lib.php, (7) lib/index.lib.php, and (8) phpMyChat.php3; and the (9) L parameter to logs.php. NOTE: CVE analysis suggests that vector 1 might be incorrect.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4454 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/22782 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450919/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1854 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Date Public
2006-11-08 00:00
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