CVE-2006-6943
PhpMyAdmin before 2.9.1.1 allows remote attackers to obtain the full server path via direct requests to (a) scripts/check_lang.php and (b)…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 4.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
PhpMyAdmin before 2.9.1.1 allows remote attackers to obtain the full server path via direct requests to (a) scripts/check_lang.php and (b) themes/darkblue_orange/layout.inc.php; and via the (1) lang[], (2) target[], (3) db[], (4) goto[], (5) table[], and (6) tbl_group[] array arguments to (c) index.php, and the (7) back[] argument to (d) sql.php; and an invalid (8) sort_by parameter to (e) server_databases.php and (9) db parameter to (f) db_printview.php.
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
- phpMyAdmin 2.x - Multiple Script Array Handling Full Path Disclosures (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 29062webapps, phppublished 15 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
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)
- 4.8% · top 8.0% 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
3
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2006-8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20061116 PhpMyAdmin all version [multiples vulnerability] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 21137 (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-2006-6926 (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-2006-6943)Record last updated .