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CVE-2006-4766

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-09-13 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in print.php in Stefan Ernst Newsscript (aka WM-News) 0.5 beta allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the ide parameter.

Affected products

• Stefan Ernst Newsscript: 0.5_beta

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/21826
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1574
• http://www.osvdb.org/28811
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445818/100/0/threaded
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3558
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21826
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1574
• http://www.osvdb.org/28811
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445818/100/0/threaded
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3558

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