CVE-2006-5031

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-09-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in app/webroot/js/vendors.php in Cake Software Foundation CakePHP before 1.1.8.3544 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter, followed by a filename ending with "%00" and a .js filename.

Affected products

cakephp: through 1.1.7.3363

References

http://cakeforge.org/frs/shownotes.php?release_id=134
http://secunia.com/advisories/22040
http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00114-09212006
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20150
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29115
http://cakeforge.org/frs/shownotes.php?release_id=134
http://secunia.com/advisories/22040
http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00114-09212006
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20150
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29115

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