THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-7079
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2006-7079

Content Management System vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
12.8%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Variable extraction vulnerability in include/common.php in exV2 2.0.4.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary program variables and conduct directory traversal attacks to execute arbitrary code by modifying the $xoopsOption['pagetype'] variable.
Affected vendor
Exv2
Affected product
Content Management System
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2007-03-02

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 12.8% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-7079

  • Confirm whether Exv2 Content Management System is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-7079.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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