CVE-2006-5733

Summary

CVECVE-2006-5733
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-11-06 18:07:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-19 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in error.php in PostNuke 0.763 and earlier allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the PNSVlang (PNSV lang) cookie, as demonstrated by injecting PHP sequences into an Apache HTTP Server log file, which is then included by error.php.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Postnuke Software Foundation Postnuke 0.762 All All All
Application Postnuke Software Foundation Postnuke All All All All
Application Postnuke Software Foundation Postnuke 0.762 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
PostNuke "error.php" Local File Inclusion - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
PostNuke PNUser.PHP Local File Include Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit
PostNuke Error.PHP Local File Include Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
PostNuke <= 0.763 (PNSV lang) Remote Code Execution Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
403 Forbidden CONFIRM community.postnuke.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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