Vulnerability in Blackdot Imageview

CVE-2006-5554

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in Imageview 5 allows remote attackers to read or execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the user_settings cookie, as demonstrated by using the MyFile parameter in albumview.php to upload a text/plain .gif file containing PHP code, which is executed by index.php.

Published 2006-10-26 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.026 (84.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.026 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Blackdot Imageview

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2647 (exploit)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4188 (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/20731 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
secunia.com/advisories/22552 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)