CVE-2006-2460

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 10.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-05-19 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Sugar Suite Open Source (SugarCRM) 4.2 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, does not protect critical variables such as $_GLOBALS and $_SESSION from modification, which allows remote attackers to conduct attacks such as directory traversal or PHP remote file inclusion, as demonstrated by modifying the GLOBALS[sugarEntry] parameter.

Affected products

SugarCRM: 3.5, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2

References

http://retrogod.altervista.org/sugar_suite_42_incl_xpl.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/20072
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/921
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016087
http://www.osvdb.org/25532
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434009/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17987
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1791
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26451
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1785
http://retrogod.altervista.org/sugar_suite_42_incl_xpl.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/20072

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