Vulnerability in Phpwebftp

CVE-2006-1813

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in phpWebFTP 3.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the language parameter.

Published 2006-04-18 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.018 (77.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 77.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Phpwebftp

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/17557 (vdb-entry)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1388 (vdb-entry)
secunia.com/advisories/19706 (third-party-advisory)
securityreason.com/securityalert/723 (third-party-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431115/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25920 (vdb-entry)