CVE-2006-6373 Information disclosure in n/a
Medium 5.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-6373 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2006-6373 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin, published on 7 Dec 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-6373 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin. 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-2006-6373/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-6373/index.md)
Remote attackers can obtain sensitive path information by requesting a specific library file, exposing internal server details.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-6373?
CVE-2006-6373 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin, published on 7 Dec 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
PhpMyAdmin 2.7.0-pl2 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request for libraries/common.lib.php, which reveals the path in an error message.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-6373?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin.
How do I fix CVE-2006-6373?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2006-6373 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-6373 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-6373, GHSA-mq5q-8qfv-7pqr.