CVE-2006-1963

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-04-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in main.php in PCPIN Chat 5.0.4 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to include and execute arbitrary PHP code via a ".." (dot dot) in a language cookie, as demonstrated by uploading then accessing a smiliefile image that actually contains PHP code.

Affected products

Pcpin Chat: 3.1.5, 3.1.6, 3.1.7r, 3.2.0, 3.2.1, 3.2.3 (+5)

References

http://retrogod.altervista.org/pcpin_504_xpl.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19708
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015968
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431390/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436029/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17632
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1441
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25962
http://retrogod.altervista.org/pcpin_504_xpl.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19708
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015968
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431390/100/0/threaded

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