Vulnerability in Unclassified Newsboard
CVE-2006-2405
Directory traversal vulnerability in unb_lib/abbc.conf.php in Unclassified NewsBoard (UNB) 1.6.1 patch 1 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences and a trailing null byte (%00) in the ABBC[Config][smileset] parameter to unb_lib/abbc.css.php.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.034 (88.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.034 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Unclassified Newsboard — versions 1.5.3, 1.5.3_patch3, 1.5.3a
References
- secunia.com/advisories/20090 (Exploit, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- retrogod.altervista.org/unb_161p1_incl_xpl.html (Exploit)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/899 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433686/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26507 (vdb-entry)
- www.osvdb.org/25494 (vdb-entry)
- newsboard.unclassified.de/forum/post/6499 (Patch)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/17947 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1782 (vdb-entry)