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CVE-2006-6888

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

P-News 1.16 and 1.17 store sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain the administrative account name and password hash via a direct request for db/user.dat.

Affected products

• P-News: 1.16, 1.17

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31197
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3054
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31197
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3054

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