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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2006-6869 json

Directory traversal vulnerability in includes/search/search_mdforum.php in MAXdev MDForum 2.0.1 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disab…

published 2006-12-31 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-6852

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.4%
EPSS 3.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-3057)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

3.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-3057 MDForum 2.0.1 - 'PNSVlang' Remote Code Execution webapps, 2006-12-31
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21837 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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