CVE-2006-2156

MEDIUM 6.4CVE-2006-2156 · Published 03/05/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-2156 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.4) vulnerability affecting x7 chat (x7 group).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 8.1%, higher than 94.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
x7 chat x7_group	`= 1.3.2b= 1.3.3b= 1.3.4b= 1.3.5b= 1.3.6= 2.0`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in help/index.php in X7 Chat 2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in the help_file parameter.

References

secunia.com/advisories/19886 · Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com/securityalert/829
osvdb.org/25149
securityfocus.com/archive/1/432716/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/17777 · Exploit
vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1608
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26218
exploit-db.com/exploits/1738

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

x7 chat

x7_group

= 1.3.2b= 1.3.3b= 1.3.4b= 1.3.5b= 1.3.6= 2.0

No fix yet

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