CVE-2006-5702
Tikiwiki 1.9.5 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (MySQL username and password) via an empty sort_mode parameter in…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 53.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Tikiwiki 1.9.5 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (MySQL username and password) via an empty sort_mode parameter in (1) tiki-listpages.php, (2) tiki-lastchanges.php, (3) messu-archive.php, (4) messu-mailbox.php, (5) messu-sent.php, (6) tiki-directory_add_site.php, (7) tiki-directory_ranking.php, (8) tiki-directory_search.php, (9) tiki-forums.php, (10) tiki-view_forum.php, (11) tiki-friends.php, (12) tiki-list_blogs.php, (13) tiki-list_faqs.php, (14) tiki-list_trackers.php, (15) tiki-list_users.php, (16) tiki-my_tiki.php, (17) tiki-notepad_list.php, (18) tiki-orphan_pages.php, (19) tiki-shoutbox.php, (20) tiki-usermenu.php, and (21) tiki-webmail_contacts.php, which reveal the information in certain database error messages.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits2
Metasploit modules1 module
- TikiWiki Information Disclosure (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
auxiliary/admin/tikiwiki/tikidblibRank normaldisclosed 1 Nov 2006
Exploit-DB1 entry
- TikiWiki 1.9.5 Sirius - 'sort_mode' Information Disclosure (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 2701webapps, phppublished 1 Nov 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
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
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)
- 53.4% · top 1.0% of all CVEs (10 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
8
- ADV-2006-4316 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20061101 tikiwiki 1.9.5 mysql password disclosure & xss (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- tikiwiki-password-info-disclosure(29960) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 22678 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23039 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200611-11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 1816 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20858 (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-2006-5687 (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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