CVE-2006-2405

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-05-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in unb_lib/abbc.conf.php in Unclassified NewsBoard (UNB) 1.6.1 patch 1 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences and a trailing null byte (%00) in the ABBC[Config][smileset] parameter to unb_lib/abbc.css.php.

Affected products

Unclassified Newsboard: through 1.6.1_patch1; 1.5.3, 1.5.3_patch3, 1.5.3a, 1.6.1

References

http://newsboard.unclassified.de/forum/post/6499
http://retrogod.altervista.org/unb_161p1_incl_xpl.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/20090
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/899
http://www.osvdb.org/25494
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433686/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17947
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1782
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26507
http://newsboard.unclassified.de/forum/post/6499
http://retrogod.altervista.org/unb_161p1_incl_xpl.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/20090

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