Vulnerability Report

CVE-2005-4600

Title: TinyMCE Compressor PHP null-byte directory traversal

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2005-4600

CWE Category CWE-22

Published Date Dec 31, 2005

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 6.4 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

6.01%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2005-4600: Directory traversal vulnerability in tiny_mce_gzip.php in TinyMCE Compressor PHP before 1.06 allows remote attackers to read or include arbitrary files via a trailing null byte (%00) in the (1) theme, (2) language, (3) plugins, or (4) lang parameter.

Impacted Vendors

moxiecode 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/18262 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/306 http://securitytracker.com/id?1015424 http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/punbb/viewtopic.php?id=2233 http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/punbb/viewtopic.php?id=2244 http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_262005.111.html http://www.osvdb.org/22116 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420543/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16083 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36736 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4441 http://secunia.com/advisories/18262 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/306 http://securitytracker.com/id?1015424 http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/punbb/viewtopic.php?id=2233 http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/punbb/viewtopic.php?id=2244 http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_262005.111.html http://www.osvdb.org/22116 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420543/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16083 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36736 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4441

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.4

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2005-4600 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4441

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 31, 2005 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.