CVE-2006-5897

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: 2006-11-15 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in PhpMyChat Plus 1.9 and earlier allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the ChatPath parameter to (1) avatar.php, (2) colorhelp_popup.php, (3) color_popup.php, (4) index.php, (5) index1.php, (6) lib/connected_users.lib.php, (7) lib/index.lib.php, and (8) phpMyChat.php3; and the (9) L parameter to logs.php. NOTE: CVE analysis suggests that vector 1 might be incorrect.

Affected products

Phpheaven Phpmychat Plus: through 1.9

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/22782
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1854
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450919/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4454
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30122
http://secunia.com/advisories/22782
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1854
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450919/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4454
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30122

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