CVE-2006-2406

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% 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 bb_lib/abbc.css.php in Unclassified NewsBoard (UNB) 1.5.3-d and possibly earlier versions, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences and a trailing null byte (%00) in the design_path parameter. NOTE: this is closely related, but a different vulnerability than the ABBC[Config][smileset] parameter.

Affected products

Unclassified Newsboard: through 1.5.3d

References

http://attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-May/000769.html
http://newsboard.unclassified.de/forum/post/6499
http://www.osvdb.org/25494
http://attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-May/000769.html
http://newsboard.unclassified.de/forum/post/6499
http://www.osvdb.org/25494

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