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CVE-2006-5735
Directory traversal vulnerability in include/common.php in PunBB before 1.2.14 allows remote authenticated users to include and execute…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 14.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in include/common.php in PunBB before 1.2.14 allows remote authenticated users to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the language parameter, related to register.php storing a language value in the users table.
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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 14.4% · top 3.3% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- 1017131 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 1824 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 30132 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20061030 Punbb <= 1.2.13 Multiple Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4256 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.wargan.org/index.php/2006/10/29/4-punbb-1213-multiple-vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 22622 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.punbb.org/changelogs/1.2.13_to_1.2.14.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2006-5719 (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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