CVE-2006-3207 Path traversal in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can overwrite arbitrary files and execute code via path traversal in Ultimate PHP Board.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2006-3207?

CVE-2006-3207 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Jun 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Directory traversal vulnerability in newpost.php in Ultimate PHP Board (UPB) 1.9.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence and trailing null (%00) byte in the id parameter, as demonstrated by injecting a Perl CGI script using "[NR]" sequences in the message parameter, then calling close.php with modified id and t_id parameters to chmod the script. NOTE: this issue might be resultant from dynamic variable evaluation.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-3207?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ultimate Php Board Ultimate Php Board.

How do I fix CVE-2006-3207?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-3207 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2006-3207 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-3207 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2v8v-jvhm-q4f7.

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