Vulnerability in Freenews
CVE-2006-5716
Directory traversal vulnerability in aff_news.php in FreeNews 2.1 allows remote attackers to include local files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the chemin parameter, when the aff_news parameter is not set to "1."
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.029 (86.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Freenews — versions 2.1
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450012/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20795 (vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/1822 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450157/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450081/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29896 (vdb-entry)