CVE-2006-1201

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in resetpw.php in eschew.net phpBannerExchange 2.0 and earlier, and other versions before 2.0 Update 5, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the email parameter during a "Recover password" operation (recoverpw.php).

Published: 2006-03-14 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-1201 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.69%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.12% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-1201

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1201

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.57% 2.69% +1.12%
2 2025-04-07 1.03% 1.57% +0.55%
3 2025-03-30 — 1.03% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1201

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-1201

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1201

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
eschew.net phpbannerexchange 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:eschew.net:phpbannerexchange:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eschew.net phpbannerexchange 2.0_update_1 cpe:2.3:a:eschew.net:phpbannerexchange:2.0_update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eschew.net phpbannerexchange 2.0_update_2 cpe:2.3:a:eschew.net:phpbannerexchange:2.0_update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eschew.net phpbannerexchange 2.0_update_3 cpe:2.3:a:eschew.net:phpbannerexchange:2.0_update_3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eschew.net phpbannerexchange 2.0_update_4 cpe:2.3:a:eschew.net:phpbannerexchange:2.0_update_4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1201

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