CVE-2006-4161

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in the avatar_gallery action in profile.php in XennoBB 2.1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the category parameter.

Published: 2006-08-16 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-4161 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.01%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-4161

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
28364 exploit_db edb 2006-08-09 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4161

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 2025-04-04 8.69% 9.01% +0.32%
2 2025-03-30 11.02% 8.69% -2.33%
3 2025-03-29 11.02%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4161

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-2006-4161

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4161

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xennobb xennobb <= 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:xennobb:xennobb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xennobb xennobb 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:xennobb:xennobb:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xennobb xennobb 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:xennobb:xennobb:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xennobb xennobb 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:xennobb:xennobb:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xennobb xennobb 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:xennobb:xennobb:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xennobb xennobb 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:xennobb:xennobb:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xennobb xennobb 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:xennobb:xennobb:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-4161

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