CVE-2006-5421 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2006-5421

WSN Forum 1.3.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute...

Vulnerability Description

WSN Forum 1.3.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a modified pathname in the pathtoconfig parameter that points to an avatar image that contains PHP code, which is then accessed from prestart.php. NOTE: this issue has been labeled remote file inclusion, but that label only applies to the attack, not the underlying vulnerability.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

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References

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High 7.5

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

wsn forum
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: October 20th, 2006
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.