CVE-2006-4161

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-08-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the avatar_gallery action in profile.php in XennoBB 2.1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the category parameter.

Affected products

Xennobb: through 2.1.0; 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/21483
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1395
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442881/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19446
http://www.surfionline.com/security_advisories/20060810_xennobb_avatar_gallery_transversal.txt
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28337
http://secunia.com/advisories/21483
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1395
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442881/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19446
http://www.surfionline.com/security_advisories/20060810_xennobb_avatar_gallery_transversal.txt
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28337

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