CVE-2006-1201

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-03-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in resetpw.php in eschew.net phpBannerExchange 2.0 and earlier, and other versions before 2.0 Update 5, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the email parameter during a "Recover password" operation (recoverpw.php).

Affected products

Eschew.Net Phpbannerexchange: 2.0, 2.0_update_1, 2.0_update_2, 2.0_update_3, 2.0_update_4

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-02/0879.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19127
http://www.eschew.net/scripts/phpbe/2.0/releasenotes.php
http://www.h4cky0u.org/advisories/HYSA-2006-004-phpbanner.txt
http://www.osvdb.org/23720
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426940/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16996
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0869
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25071
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25080
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-02/0879.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19127

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