CVE-2006-5437

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-10-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in upgrade.php in phpAdsNew 2.0.8 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the phpAds_config[language] parameter. NOTE: this issue could not be reproduced by a third party

Affected products

Phpadsnew: 2.0.8

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448994/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449084/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29640
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448994/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449084/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29640

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