CVE-2006-2156

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-05-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in help/index.php in X7 Chat 2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in the help_file parameter.

Affected products

X7 Group X7 Chat: 1.3.2b, 1.3.3b, 1.3.4b, 1.3.5b, 1.3.6, 2.0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/19886
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/829
http://www.osvdb.org/25149
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432716/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17777
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1608
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26218
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1738
http://secunia.com/advisories/19886
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/829
http://www.osvdb.org/25149
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432716/100/0/threaded

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