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CVE-2006-3611

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-07-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in pm.php in Phorum 5 allows remote authenticated users to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the GLOBALS[template] parameter, as demonstrated by injecting PHP sequences into a log file, which is then included by pm.php.

Affected products

• Phorum: through 5.1.14; 3.0.7, 3.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.1_pre, 3.1.1_rc2, 3.1.1a (+55)

References

• http://retrogod.altervista.org/phorum5_local_incl_xpl.html
• http://www.phorum.org/phorum5/read.php?14%2C114358
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439976/100/0/threaded
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2794
• http://retrogod.altervista.org/phorum5_local_incl_xpl.html
• http://www.phorum.org/phorum5/read.php?14%2C114358
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439976/100/0/threaded
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2794

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