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CVE-2006-4758 Details

Description

phpBB 2.0.21 does not properly handle pathnames ending in %00, which allows remote authenticated administrative users to upload arbitrary files, as demonstrated by a query to admin/admin_board.php with an avatar_path parameter ending in .php%00.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=388120	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/22188	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28871	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28884	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1488	CVE
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=489624	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445788/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20347	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21806	CVE
http://www.security.nnov.ru/Odocument221.html	CVE	Exploit
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=388120	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22188	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28871	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28884	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1488	[email protected]
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=489624	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445788/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20347	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21806	[email protected]
http://www.security.nnov.ru/Odocument221.html	[email protected]	Exploit

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
phpbb group phpbb	2.0.21
CPE cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.21:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 17, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 20, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 15, 2006	Initial Analysis	[email protected]