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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2006-5731 EUVD-2006-5716GHSA-f7jx-5hfg-w2f9

Directory traversal vulnerability in classes/index.php in Lithium CMS 4.04c and earlier allows remote attackers to include and execute arbi…

Published Nov 6, 2006 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in classes/index.php in Lithium CMS 4.04c and earlier allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the siteconf[curl] parameter, as demonstrated by a POST to news/comment.php containing PHP code, which is stored under db/comments/news/ and included by classes/index.php.

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Exploit-DB 1

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

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