PT-2006-6565 · Phpmychat · Phpmychat

Ajann · Published 2006-11-15 · Updated 2018-10-17 · CVE-2006-5898

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 PhpMyChat versions 0.14.5 and earlier

Description A directory traversal issue exists, allowing remote attackers to read arbitrary files. This is achieved by using a .. (dot dot) in the ChatPath parameter.

Recommendations For versions 0.14.5 and earlier, consider restricting access to the localization/languages.lib.php3 file until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the ChatPath parameter with untrusted input.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-5898

Affected Products

Phpmychat

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5898 · Security Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1852 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/450923/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30121 · Note