CVE-2006-5898 (GCVE-0-2006-5898)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-11-15 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 20:04
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1852 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450923/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Date Public
2006-11-08 00:00
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