CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-1793

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A directory traversal vulnerability in runCMS 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the bbPath[path] parameter in class.forumposts.php and forumpollrenderer.php.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can access sensitive configuration files, passwords, or other confidential data stored on the server, potentially leading to a full compromise of the application.

Recommendation

Immediately update runCMS to the latest available version that fixes this vulnerability, and restrict input parameters by validating paths.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Directory traversal vulnerability in runCMS 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the bbPath[path] parameter to (1) class.forumposts.php and (2) forumpollrenderer.php. NOTE: this issue is closely related to CVE-2006-0659.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS