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CVE-2006-5898

• 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

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in localization/languages.lib.php3 in PhpMyChat 0.14.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the ChatPath parameter.

Affected products

• Phpheaven Phpmychat: through 0.14.5

References

• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1852
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450923/100/0/threaded
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30121
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1852
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450923/100/0/threaded
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30121

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