CVE-2006-4161 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 3.4% (pctl 89)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the avatar_gallery action in profile.php in XennoBB 2.1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the category parameter.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| EPSS | 3.43% — more likely to be exploited than 89% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-08-16 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| xennobb | xennobb |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | XennoBB 1.0.5/1.0.6/2.1/2.2 - 'profile.php' Directory Traversal | 2006-08-09 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21483
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1395
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442881/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19446
- http://www.surfionline.com/security_advisories/20060810_xennobb_avatar_gallery_transversal.txt
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28337
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21483
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1395
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442881/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19446
- http://www.surfionline.com/security_advisories/20060810_xennobb_avatar_gallery_transversal.txt
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28337
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