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CVE-2006-1478

Published: Mar 29, 2006Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.9%
Top 22.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in (1) initiate.php and (2) possibly other PHP scripts in Turnkey Web Tools PHP Live Helper 1.8, and possibly later versions, allows remote authenticated users to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the language cookie, as demonstrated by uploading PHP code in a gl_session cookie to users.php, which causes the code to be stored in error.log, which is then included by initiate.php.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

turnkey web tools
commercialaka turnkeywebtools, turnkey webtools
php live helperOn-prem
Web & CMS Plugins / ecommerce-platform
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428976/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/641
securityreason.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/19428
secunia.com
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