CVE-2006-5898 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2006-5898?

CVE-2006-5898 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Nov 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5898?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Phpheaven Phpmychat.

How do I fix CVE-2006-5898?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-5898 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-2006-5898 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5898 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2006-5088 Code injection in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2001-1357 Other in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2001-1358 Path traversal in n/a High 7.2
• CVE-2006-1669 SQL injection in n/a Medium 6.4
• CVE-2008-1504 Cross-site scripting in n/a Medium 4.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-ch38-5gvh-4q25.