CVE-2006-4767

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 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: none known
Published: 2006-09-13 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Stefan Ernst Newsscript (aka WM-News) 0.5beta allow remote attackers to (1) read arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the ide parameter in modify.php and (2) write to arbitrary local files via a .. sequence in the var parameter in add_go.php. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Stefan Ernst Newsscript: 0.5_beta

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/21826
http://www.osvdb.org/28812
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84154
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3558
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28894
http://secunia.com/advisories/21826
http://www.osvdb.org/28812
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84154
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3558
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28894

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