CVE-2006-1909
Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in Coppermine 1.4.4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .//./ (modified dot dot slash) in the file parameter, which causes a regular expression to collapse the sequences into standard…
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 3.7%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in Coppermine 1.4.4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .//./ (modified dot dot slash) in the file parameter, which causes a regular expression to collapse the sequences into standard "../" sequences.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.71% probability · 90th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 17 April 2006
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- coppermine/coppermine photo gallery
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://myimei.com/security/2006-04-14/copperminephotogallery144-plugininclusionsystemindexphp-remotefileinclusion-attack.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19665
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431062
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431118/30/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17570Exploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1392
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25866
- http://myimei.com/security/2006-04-14/copperminephotogallery144-plugininclusionsystemindexphp-remotefileinclusion-attack.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19665
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431062
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431118/30/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17570Exploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1392
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25866
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.