PT-2006-4993 · Xennobb · Xennobb

Chris Boulton · Published 2006-08-16 · Updated 2018-10-17 · CVE-2006-4161

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions XennoBB versions 2.1.0 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files due to a directory traversal vulnerability in the avatar gallery action in profile.php. This is achieved by using a .. (dot dot) in the category parameter.

Recommendations For XennoBB versions 2.1.0 and earlier, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the avatar gallery action in profile.php until a patch is available. Avoid using the category parameter with unvalidated input in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-4161

Affected Products

Xennobb

References · 8

• 🔥 http://surfionline.com/security_advisories/20060810_xennobb_avatar_gallery_transversal.txt · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/19446 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/28364 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4161 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21483 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28337 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1395 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/442881/100/0/threaded · Note