PT-2006-6006 · P News · P-News

Nima Salehi · Published 2006-10-13 · Updated 2017-10-19 · CVE-2006-5284

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.1

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions pnews versions 2.6.4 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the CFG[auth phpbb path] parameter in the auth/phpbb.inc.php file. This can be exploited by providing a malicious URL.

Recommendations For versions 2.6.4 and earlier, consider disabling the CFG[auth phpbb path] parameter or restricting its use to minimize the risk of exploitation until a fix is available.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-5284

Affected Products

P-News

References · 6

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/20480 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/2517 · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22354 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5284 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29481 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4011 · Note