CVE-2006-5031
Directory traversal vulnerability in app/webroot/js/vendors.php in Cake Software Foundation CakePHP before 1.1.8.3544 allows remote…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 7.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in app/webroot/js/vendors.php in Cake Software Foundation CakePHP before 1.1.8.3544 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter, followed by a filename ending with "%00" and a .js filename.
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.
Show the exploits1
Exploit-DB1 entry
- CakePHP 1.1.7.3363 - 'Vendors.php' Directory Traversal (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 28645webapps, phppublished 22 Sept 2006Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
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)
- 7.7% · top 5.3% of all CVEs (11 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
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistcakephp/cakephpGHSA-rw73-xmpv-j5x2 (opens in a new tab)
References
References5
- cakephp-vendors-information-disclosure(29115) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 22040 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00114-09212006 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://cakeforge.org/frs/shownotes.php?release_id=134 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20150 (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-2022-5242 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-rw73-xmpv-j5x2 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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