Vulnerability Report

CVE-2006-6869

Title: Maxdev Mdforum Path Traversal / LFI

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2006-6869

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Dec 31, 2006

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 9.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.16%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2006-6869: Directory traversal vulnerability in includes/search/search_mdforum.php in MAXdev MDForum 2.0.1 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled and register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the PNSVlang cookie to error.php, as demonstrated by injecting PHP sequences into an Apache HTTP Server log file, which is then included by error.php.

Impacted Vendors

maxdev 1

Reference Links

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21837 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0017 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31215 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3057 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21837 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0017 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31215 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3057

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

9.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2006-6869 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3057

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 23, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 31, 2006 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:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.