CVE-2006-5097

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-09-29 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in index.php in net2ftp, possibly 0.1 through 0.62, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the application_rootdir parameter. NOTE: this issue has been disputed by a third party researcher, CVE, and the vendor. The vendor says "the variable is set in settings.inc.php, so this is not a vulnerability.

Affected products

Net2Ftp: all versions

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1655
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-October/001076.html
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-October/001077.html
http://www.net2ftp.org/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=6676
http://www.net2ftp.org/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=6687
http://www.net2ftp.org/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=6689
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447156/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447535/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447916/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448037/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29203
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1655

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