CVE-2006-4878 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Directory traversal vulnerability in footer.php in David Bennett PHP-Post (PHPp) 1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to read and include arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the template parameter. NOTE: this was later reported to affect 1.0.1, and demonstrated for code execution by uploading and accessing an avatar file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.04792.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
David Bennett	Php-post

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:david_bennett:php-post:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-4865	Directory traversal vulnerability in footer.php in David Bennett PHP-Post (PHPp) 1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to read and include arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the template parameter. NOTE: this was later reported to affect 1.0.1, and demonstrated for code execution by uploading and accessing an avatar file.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/22014
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1607
http://www.osvdb.org/28964
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446318/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20061
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20616
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3688
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29673
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2593

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-09-19T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:32:21.600Z

Reserved: 2006-09-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-4878

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-09-19T21:07:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2006-4878

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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