CVE-2006-4878

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-09-19 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in footer.php in David Bennett PHP-Post (PHPp) 1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to read and include arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the template parameter. NOTE: this was later reported to affect 1.0.1, and demonstrated for code execution by uploading and accessing an avatar file.

Affected products

David Bennett Php-Post: through 1.0.1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/22014
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1607
http://www.osvdb.org/28964
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446318/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20061
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20616
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3688
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29673
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2593
http://secunia.com/advisories/22014
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1607
http://www.osvdb.org/28964

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