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CVE-2006-2530

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-05-22 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

avatar_upload.asp in Avatar MOD 1.3 for Snitz Forums 3.4, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to bypass file type checks and upload arbitrary files via a null byte in the file name, as discovered by the Codescan product.

Affected products

• Snitz Communications Avatar Mod: 1.3

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/20148
• http://www.codescan.com/Advisories/CodeScanLabs_AvatarMod.html
• http://www.security-assessment.com/Whitepapers/0x00_vs_ASP_File_Uploads.pdf
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434366/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18014
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1854
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26546
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20148
• http://www.codescan.com/Advisories/CodeScanLabs_AvatarMod.html
• http://www.security-assessment.com/Whitepapers/0x00_vs_ASP_File_Uploads.pdf
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434366/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18014

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