CVE-2006-4161
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 3.4%EU EUVD
Directory traversal vulnerability in the avatar_gallery action in profile.php in XennoBB 2.1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the category parameter.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- EPSS score
- 3.4% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4151)
- Published
- August 16, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4151 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- xennobb / xennobb
- xennobb / xennobb
- xennobb / xennobb
- xennobb / xennobb
- xennobb / xennobb
- xennobb / xennobb
- xennobb / xennobb
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21483(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1395
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442881/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19446(Exploit)
- http://www.surfionline.com/security_advisories/20060810_xennobb_avatar_gallery_transversal.txt(Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28337
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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