CVE-2006-4758
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 1.7%EU EUVD
phpBB 2.0.21 does not properly handle pathnames ending in %00, which allows remote authenticated administrative users to upload arbitrary files, as demonstrated by a query to admin/admin_board.php with an avatar_path parameter ending in .php%00.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 1.7% (77th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4745)
- Published
- September 13, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4745 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- phpbb group / phpbb
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=388120
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22188
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28871
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1488
- http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=489624
- http://www.security.nnov.ru/Odocument221.html(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445788/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20347
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21806
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28884
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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