Path Traversal in Xoops
CVE-2006-2516
mainfile.php in XOOPS 2.0.13.2 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to overwrite variables such as $xoopsOption['nocommon'] and conduct directory traversal attacks or include PHP files via (1) xoopsConfig[language] to misc.php or (2) xoopsConfig[theme_set] to index.php, as demonstrated by injecting PHP sequences into a log file.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.064 (93.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.064 · newest: 0.064 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Xoops — versions 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434698/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.osvdb.org/25683 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/20176 (Exploit, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/18061 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1811 (exploit)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1895 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/934 (third-party-advisory)