CVEvulnerability

CVE-2006-5733

7.5 HIGH Published 2006-11-06 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2006-11-06
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

Directory traversal vulnerability in error.php in PostNuke 0.763 and earlier allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the PNSVlang (PNSV lang) cookie, as demonstrated by injecting PHP sequences into an Apache HTTP Server log file, which is then included by error.php.

Affected configurations

• postnuke software foundation postnuke (<= 0.763) • postnuke software foundation postnuke 0.762

References

http://community.postnuke.com/Article2787.htm community.postnuke.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/22983 secunia.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20897 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21218 www.securityfocus.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29992 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2707 www.exploit-db.com
http://community.postnuke.com/Article2787.htm community.postnuke.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/22983 secunia.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20897 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21218 www.securityfocus.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29992 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2707 www.exploit-db.com