CVE-2006-4759
PunBB 1.2.12 does not properly handle an avatar directory pathname ending in %00, which allows remote authenticated administrative users to upload arbitrary files and execute code, as demonstrated by a query to admin_options.php with an avatars_dir parameter ending in %00. NOTE: this issue was originally disputed by the vendor, but the dispute was withdrawn on 20060926.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 2.3% (83th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4746)
- 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-2006-4746 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- punbb / punbb
References
- http://forums.punbb.org/viewtopic.php?id=13255
- http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-September/001041.html
- http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-September/001052.html
- http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-September/001055.html
- http://www.security.nnov.ru/Odocument221.html(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445788/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446420/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28884
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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