CVEvulnerability
CVE-2006-5421
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2006-10-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
WSN Forum 1.3.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a modified pathname in the pathtoconfig parameter that points to an avatar image that contains PHP code, which is then accessed from prestart.php. NOTE: this issue has been labeled remote file inclusion, but that label only applies to the attack, not the underlying vulnerability.
Affected configurations
• wsn forum wsn forum (<= 1.3.4)
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22360 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20586 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4081 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29635 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2583 www.exploit-db.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22360 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20586 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4081 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29635 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2583 www.exploit-db.com