CVE-2006-1909

Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.4.4 - Directory Traversal via Modified Dot Dot Slash in File Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-1909. PoCs published by imei.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a local file inclusion vulnerability in Coppermine 1.4.4 by manipulating the 'file' parameter to traverse directories and access sensitive files like /etc/passwd. The null byte (%00) is used to terminate the string and bypass file extension checks.

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by imei · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27669

This exploit demonstrates a local file inclusion vulnerability in Coppermine 1.4.4 by manipulating the 'file' parameter to traverse directories and access sensitive files like /etc/passwd. The null byte (%00) is used to terminate the string and bypass file extension checks.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Coppermine 1.4.4
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Target running Coppermine 1.4.4 with vulnerable configuration
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/19665
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431118/30/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1392
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25866
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431062
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17570

Scores

EPSS 0.0362
EPSS Percentile 88.0%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
coppermine/coppermine_photo_gallery 1.4.4
Published Apr 20, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026