CVE-2006-2516

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-05-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

mainfile.php in XOOPS 2.0.13.2 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to overwrite variables such as $xoopsOption['nocommon'] and conduct directory traversal attacks or include PHP files via (1) xoopsConfig[language] to misc.php or (2) xoopsConfig[theme_set] to index.php, as demonstrated by injecting PHP sequences into a log file.

Affected products

Xoops: through 2.0.13.2; 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5 (+11)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/20176
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/934
http://www.osvdb.org/25683
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434698/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18061
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1895
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1811
http://secunia.com/advisories/20176
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/934
http://www.osvdb.org/25683
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434698/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18061

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