CVE-2006-2890

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-06-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Pixelpost 1-5rc1-2 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to gain administrator privileges and conduct other attacks by setting the _SESSION["pixelpost_admin"] parameter to 1 in calls to admin scripts such as admin/view_info.php.

Affected products

Pixelpost.org Pixelpost: 1.5_rc1

References

http://retrogod.altervista.org/pixelpost_15rc12_xpl.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1061
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016217
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435856/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18276
http://retrogod.altervista.org/pixelpost_15rc12_xpl.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1061
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016217
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435856/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18276

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