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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2006-3611 json

Directory traversal vulnerability in pm.php in Phorum 5 allows remote authenticated users to include and execute arbitrary local files via…

published 2006-07-14 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-3606

cvss
5.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.2%
EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in pm.php in Phorum 5 allows remote authenticated users to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the GLOBALS[template] parameter, as demonstrated by injecting PHP sequences into a log file, which is then included by pm.php.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-2008)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

2.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-2008 Phorum 5 - 'pm.php' Arbitrary Local Inclusion webapps, 2006-07-13
  • retrogod.altervista.org http://retrogod.altervista.org/phorum5_local_incl_xpl.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

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