PT-2006-6968 · Php · Phpnews

Detefix + 1 · Published 2006-12-07 · Updated 2018-10-17 · CVE-2006-6356

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PHPNews version 1.3.0

Description The issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the url, id, subject, username, or time parameter in templates/link temp.php, potentially leading to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

Recommendations For PHPNews version 1.3.0, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the templates/link temp.php file until a patch is available. Avoid using the parameters url, id, subject, username, or time in the affected template file 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-2006-6356

Affected Products

Phpnews

References · 8

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/29218 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6356 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/21404 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23214 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/453321/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30664 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4826 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1994 · Note