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CVE-2006-5716
Directory traversal vulnerability in aff_news.php in FreeNews 2.1 allows remote attackers to include local files via a .. (dot dot)…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.9%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in aff_news.php in FreeNews 2.1 allows remote attackers to include local files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the chemin parameter, when the aff_news parameter is not set to "1."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 20061028 freenews---> fileinclude (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20795 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1822 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20061031 Re: freenews---> fileinclude (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20061030 Re: freenews---> fileinclude (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- freenews-affnews-file-include(29896) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
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