CVE-2005-4646

PEARLINGER Pearl Forums <2.4 - Path Traversal

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2005-4646. PoCs published by [email protected].

AI-analyzed exploit summary The code describes a local file inclusion vulnerability in Pearl Forums due to improper input sanitization. An attacker can exploit this to read arbitrary files with the privileges of the web server.

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in index.php in PEARLINGER Pearl Forums 2.4 allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files via the mode parameter, possibly due to a directory traversal vulnerability. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by [email protected] · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26511

The code describes a local file inclusion vulnerability in Pearl Forums due to improper input sanitization. An attacker can exploit this to read arbitrary files with the privileges of the web server.

Classification
Writeup 80%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Pearl Forums (version not specified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the vulnerable web application
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/20849
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23196
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15433
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2426
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/17533

Scores

EPSS 0.0258
EPSS Percentile 83.6%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
pearlinger/pearl_forums 2.0
pearlinger/pearl_forums 2.4
Published Dec 31, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026