CVE-2006-3938

DotClear allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request for (1) edit_cat.php, (2) index.php, (3) edit_link.php in ecrire/tools/blogroll/; (4) syslog/index.php, (5) thememng/index.php, (6) toolsmng/index.php, (7) utf8convert/index.php in /ecrire/tools/; (8) /ecrire/inc/connexion.php and (9) /inc/session.php; (10) class.blog.php, (11) class.blogcomment.php, (12) and class.blogpost.php in /inc/classes/; (13) append.php, (14) class.xblog.php, (15) class.xblogcomment.php, and (16) class.xblogpost.php in /layout/; (17) form.php, (18) list.php, (19) post.php, or (20) template.php in /themes/default/, which reveal the installation path in error messages.

Published: 2006-07-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-3938 is rated Moderate Risk (48.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.22%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-3938

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 2026-06-28 2.09% 2.22% +0.13%
2 2026-06-15 1.74% 2.09% +0.35%
3 2026-03-13 1.74%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-3938

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-2006-3938

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-3938

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dotclear dotclear 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-3938

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