CVE-2006-0479

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-01-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

pmwiki.php in PmWiki 2.1 beta 20, with register_globals enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass protection mechanisms that deregister global variables by setting both a GPC variable and a GLOBALS[] variable with the same name, which causes PmWiki to unset the GLOBALS[] variable but not the GPC variable, which creates resultant vulnerabilities such as remote file inclusion and cross-site scripting (XSS).

Affected products

pmwiki: 2.1_beta_20

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-01/0931.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18634
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015550
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16421
http://www.ush.it/2006/01/24/pmwiki-multiple-vulnerabilities/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0375
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24366
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24367
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24368
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-01/0931.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18634
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015550

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