Vulnerability Report

CVE-2006-5733

Title: Postnuke Software Foundation Postnuke Path Traversal / LFI

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2006-5733

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Nov 06, 2006
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
2.98%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2006-5733: Directory traversal vulnerability in error.php in PostNuke 0.763 and earlier allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the PNSVlang (PNSV lang) cookie, as demonstrated by injecting PHP sequences into an Apache HTTP Server log file, which is then included by error.php.

Impacted Vendors

P
postnuke_software_foundation 1
P
postnuke 1

Reference Links

http://community.postnuke.com/Article2787.htm http://secunia.com/advisories/22983 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20897 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21218 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29992 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2707 http://community.postnuke.com/Article2787.htm http://secunia.com/advisories/22983 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20897 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21218 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29992 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2707
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2006-5733 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2707
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

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:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.