THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-2516
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2006-2516

Xoops vulnerability

CVSS
5.1
EPSS
6.4%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
mainfile.php in XOOPS 2.0.13.2 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to overwrite variables such as $xoopsOption['nocommon'] and conduct directory traversal attacks or include PHP files via (1) xoopsConfig[language] to misc.php or (2) xoopsConfig[theme_set] to index.php, as demonstrated by injecting PHP sequences into a log file.
Affected vendor
Xoops
Affected product
Xoops
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2006-05-22

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 6.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-2516

  • Confirm whether Xoops Xoops is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-2516.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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