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CVE-2006-1201
Directory traversal vulnerability in resetpw.php in eschew.net phpBannerExchange 2.0 and earlier, and other versions before 2.0 Update 5,…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 2.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 14% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in resetpw.php in eschew.net phpBannerExchange 2.0 and earlier, and other versions before 2.0 Update 5, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the email parameter during a "Recover password" operation (recoverpw.php).
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.8% · top 14% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- 19127 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20060307 phpBannerExchange 2.0 Directory Traversal Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0869 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.eschew.net/scripts/phpbe/2.0/releasenotes.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 23720 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.h4cky0u.org/advisories/HYSA-2006-004-phpbanner.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20060307 phpBannerExchange 2.0 Directory Traversal Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- phpbannerexchange-resetpw-dir-traversal(25071) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- phpbannerexchange-recoverpw-dir-traversal(25080) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 16996 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-1205 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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