# CVE-2006-6246: Missing authorization in n/a

> Remote attackers can gain unauthorized access to modify or delete photos and folders due to improper ownership checks in Photo Organizer.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Dec 2006
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m54w-9xr6-4jg3

## What is CVE-2006-6246?

CVE-2006-6246 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Dec 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Photo Organizer 2.32b and earlier does not properly check the ownership of certain objects, which allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized access via vectors related to (1) camera del, (2) camera edit, (3) folder/album deletion, (4) photo.move, (5) content.indexer, (6) folder.content, and possibly other operations.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-6246?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Photo Organizer Photo Organizer.

## How do I fix CVE-2006-6246?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-6246 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2006-6246 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-6246 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2006-6245](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-6245/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-6246 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2006-6246 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Dec 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-6246 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-6246/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-6246/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6246
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6246
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-6246

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-6246/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.