CVE-2006-0479

Pmwiki vulnerability

CVSS

4.3

EPSS

3.1%

EPSS pct

86th

Exploited

No known

pmwiki.php in PmWiki 2.1 beta 20, with register_globals enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass protection mechanisms that deregister global variables by setting both a GPC variable and a GLOBALS[] variable with the same name, which causes PmWiki to unset the GLOBALS[] variable but not the GPC variable, which creates resultant vulnerabilities such as remote file inclusion and cross-site scripting (XSS).

Affected vendor

Pmwiki

Affected product

Pmwiki

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Published

2006-01-31

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 3.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

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