CVE-2006-2156
Directory traversal vulnerability in help/index.php in X7 Chat 2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files via ..…
- 6.4MediumCVSS base score
- 8.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in help/index.php in X7 Chat 2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in the help_file parameter.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- X7 Chat 2.0 - 'help_file' Remote Command Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1738webapps, phppublished 2 May 2006Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 1738 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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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 | Medium6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.1% · top 5.1% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- 17777 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1608 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20060502 X7 Chat <=2.0 remote commands execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1738 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- x7chat-index-file-include(26218) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 19886 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 829 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 25149 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_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-2006-2157 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-2156)Record last updated .