CVE-2006-3972

Ajax Chat vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

3.4%

EPSS pct

87th

Exploited

No known

Directory traversal vulnerability in includes/operator_chattranscript.php in Scott Weedon Ajax Chat, possibly 0.1, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the chatid parameter.

Affected vendor

Scott Weedon

Affected product

Ajax Chat

CVSS vector

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

Published

2006-08-02

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 3.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

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Confirm whether Scott Weedon Ajax Chat is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
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