CVE-2006-5716

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-11-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in aff_news.php in FreeNews 2.1 allows remote attackers to include local files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the chemin parameter, when the aff_news parameter is not set to "1."

Affected products

Freenews: 2.1

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1822
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450012/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450081/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450157/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20795
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29896
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1822
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450012/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450081/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450157/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20795
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29896

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