CVE-2006-1243

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-03-15 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in install05.php in Simple PHP Blog (SPB) 0.4.7.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences and a NUL (%00) character in the blog_language parameter, as demonstrated by injecting PHP sequences into an Apache access_log file, which is then included using install05.php.

Affected products

Alexander Palmo Simple Php Blog: through 0.4.7.1; 0.4.0, 0.4.5, 0.4.6, 0.4.7

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/19270
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=564904
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-November/001138.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17102
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1007
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25322
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1581
http://secunia.com/advisories/19270
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=564904
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-November/001138.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17102
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1007

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