CVE-2006-5205

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in Invision Gallery 2.0.7 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the dir parameter in (1) index.php and (2) forum/index.php, when the viewimage command in the gallery module is used.

Published: 2006-10-10 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5205 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.05%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-5205

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2473 exploit_db edb 2006-10-03 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5205

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 2026-04-23 4.90% 5.05% +0.16%
2 2026-02-19 5.29% 4.90% -0.39%
3 2025-09-03 — 5.29% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5205

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-2006-5205

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5205

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5205: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5205

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5205

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
invision_power_services invision_gallery 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:invision_power_services:invision_gallery:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
invision_power_services invision_gallery 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:invision_power_services:invision_gallery:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
invision_power_services invision_gallery 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:invision_power_services:invision_gallery:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
invision_power_services invision_gallery 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:invision_power_services:invision_gallery:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
invision_power_services invision_gallery 2.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:invision_power_services:invision_gallery:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
invision_power_services invision_gallery 2.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:invision_power_services:invision_gallery:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5205

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