CVE-2006-2890

MEDIUM 5.1CVE-2006-2890 · Published 07/06/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-2890 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.1) vulnerability affecting pixelpost (pixelpost).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.5%, higher than 73.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
pixelpost pixelpost	`= 1.5_rc1`	No fix yet

Description

Pixelpost 1-5rc1-2 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to gain administrator privileges and conduct other attacks by setting the _SESSION["pixelpost_admin"] parameter to 1 in calls to admin scripts such as admin/view_info.php.

References

retrogod.altervista.org/pixelpost_15rc12_xpl.html · Exploit
securityreason.com/securityalert/1061
securitytracker.com/id · Exploit
securityfocus.com/archive/1/435856/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/18276 · Exploit

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