CVE-2006-5731

critical

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in classes/index.php in Lithium CMS 4.04c and earlier allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the siteconf[curl] parameter, as demonstrated by a POST to news/comment.php containing PHP code, which is stored under db/comments/news/ and included by classes/index.php.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2702

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29966

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4361

http://secunia.com/advisories/22593

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-11-06

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: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03531