CVE-2006-1789

Directory traversal vulnerability in pajax_call_dispatcher.php in PAJAX 0.5.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the $className variable.

Published: 2006-04-13 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-1789 is rated Moderate Risk (48.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.92%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.56% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1789

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 0.36% 1.92% +1.56%
2 2025-03-17 0.84% 0.36% -0.49%
3 2023-06-09 0.84%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1789

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-2006-1789

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-1789

Solution: Users of PAJAX should upgrade to the latest version pajax-0.5.2 [1].

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1789

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
georges_auberger pajax <= 0.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:georges_auberger:pajax:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1789

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