CVE-2006-5735

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 14.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-11-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in include/common.php in PunBB before 1.2.14 allows remote authenticated users to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the language parameter, related to register.php storing a language value in the users table.

Affected products

Punbb: through 1.2.13

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/22622
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1824
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017131
http://www.osvdb.org/30132
http://www.punbb.org/changelogs/1.2.13_to_1.2.14.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450055/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4256
http://www.wargan.org/index.php/2006/10/29/4-punbb-1213-multiple-vulnerabilities
http://secunia.com/advisories/22622
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1824
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017131
http://www.osvdb.org/30132

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