CVE-2006-4963

MEDIUM 6.4CVE-2006-4963 · Published 23/09/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-4963 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.4) vulnerability affecting exponent cms (exponent).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 7.1%, higher than 94.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
exponent cms exponent	`= 0.96.3`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in Exponent CMS 0.96.3 allows remote attackers to read and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the view parameter in the show_view action in the calendarmodule module, as demonstrated by executing PHP code through session files.

References

secunia.com/advisories/22003 · Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org/29024
securityfocus.com/bid/20111 · Exploit
vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3708
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29077
exploit-db.com/exploits/2391

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

exponent cms

exponent

= 0.96.3

No fix yet

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