Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-2693 - Information Disclosure vulnerability in Nivisec Hacks List

047910
CVSS 7.1 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
nivisec

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in admin/admin_hacks_list.php in Nivisec Hacks List 1.20 and earlier for phpBB, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ".." in the phpEx parameter. Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Nivisec
1