CVE-2006-6661 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2006-6661

Variable overwrite vulnerability in blog.php in PHP-Update 2.7 and earlier...

Vulnerability Description

Variable overwrite vulnerability in blog.php in PHP-Update 2.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary program variables and execute arbitrary PHP code via multiple vectors that use the extract function, as demonstrated by the (1) f, (2) newmessage, (3) newusername, (4) adminuser, and (5) permission parameters.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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References

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

php-update
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

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

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.