CVE-2006-4878

N/A Unknown
Published: September 19, 2006 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in footer.php in David Bennett PHP-Post (PHPp) 1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to read and include arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the template parameter. NOTE: this was later reported to affect 1.0.1, and demonstrated for code execution by uploading and accessing an avatar file.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22014
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1607
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.osvdb.org/28964
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446318/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20061
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20616
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3688
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29673
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2593
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/22014
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1607
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.osvdb.org/28964
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446318/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20061
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20616
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3688
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29673
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2593
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.4%
85th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

david_bennett