MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2006-2770

Pppblog vulnerability

CVSS
5.4
EPSS
3.5%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
Directory traversal vulnerability in randompic.php in pppBLOG 0.3.8 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in an index of the "file" array parameter, as demonstrated by file[0].
Affected vendor
Pppblog
Affected product
Pppblog
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Published
2006-06-02

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 3.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-2770

  • Confirm whether Pppblog Pppblog is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-2770.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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