CVE-2006-4878

critical

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in footer.php in David Bennett PHP-Post (PHPp) 1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to read and include arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the template parameter. NOTE: this was later reported to affect 1.0.1, and demonstrated for code execution by uploading and accessing an avatar file.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2593

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29673

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3688

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20616

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20061

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446318/100/0/threaded

http://www.osvdb.org/28964

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1607

http://secunia.com/advisories/22014

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-09-19

Updated: 2026-04-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02099