CVE-2005-4424

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-12-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in PHPKIT 1.6.1 R2 and earlier might allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code via a .. (dot dot) in the path parameter and a %00 at the end of the filename, as demonstrated by an avatar filename ending with .png%00.

Affected products

Phpkit: 1.6.1, 1.6.1-rc2, 1.6.02, 1.6.03

References

http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2005/11/msg00110.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/17479
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/157
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_212005.80.html
http://www.osvdb.org/20562
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15354
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23014
http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2005/11/msg00110.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/17479
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/157
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_212005.80.html
http://www.osvdb.org/20562

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