CVE-2006-5510

critical

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in explorer_load_lang.php in PH Pexplorer 0.24 allows remote attackers to include arbitrary local files via ".." sequences in the Language cookie, as demonstrated by uploading a .gif file that contains PHP code.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2598

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29714

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4128

http://www.rahim.webd.pl/exploity/Exploits/104.txt

http://www.osvdb.org/29899

http://secunia.com/advisories/22504

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-10-25

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0289