CVE-2006-5898

high

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in localization/languages.lib.php3 in PhpMyChat 0.14.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the ChatPath parameter.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30121

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450923/100/0/threaded

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1852

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-11-15

Updated: 2026-06-16

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: 7.5

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00181