CVE-2006-6568

CRITICAL 10.0CVE-2006-6568 · Published 15/12/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-6568 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability affecting kb mods (mxbb).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.0%, higher than 90.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
kb mods mxbb	`= 2.0.2`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in includes/kb_constants.php in the Knowledge Base (mx_kb) 2.0.2 module for mxBB allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the phpEx parameter.

References

secunia.com/advisories/23356 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/21577 · Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30857
exploit-db.com/exploits/2924

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