CVE-2006-4161
Directory traversal vulnerability in the avatar_gallery action in profile.php in XennoBB 2.1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to read…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 3.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the avatar_gallery action in profile.php in XennoBB 2.1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the category parameter.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- XennoBB 1.0.5/1.0.6/2.1/2.2 - 'profile.php' Directory Traversal (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 28364webapps, phppublished 9 Aug 2006Verified
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Timeline
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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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.4% · top 11% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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
6
- 19446 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20060809 XennoBB <= "avatar gallery" Directory Transversal (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- xennobb-profile-directory-traversal(28337) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1395 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- http://www.surfionline.com/security_advisories/20060810_xennobb_avatar_gallery_transversal.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 21483 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2006-4151 (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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