CVE-2006-6284

Vikingboard 0.1.2 - Authenticated Directory Traversal via Admin.php Act Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-6284. PoCs published by laurent gaffie.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The provided text describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Vikingboard 1.0.2, allowing attackers to access sensitive files like /etc/passwd via a crafted URL. It also mentions HTML injection vulnerabilities but lacks executable exploit code.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in admin.php in Vikingboard 0.1.2 allows remote authenticated administrators to include arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the act parameter.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by laurent gaffie · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29128

The provided text describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Vikingboard 1.0.2, allowing attackers to access sensitive files like /etc/passwd via a crafted URL. It also mentions HTML injection vulnerabilities but lacks executable exploit code.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Vikingboard 1.0.2
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target URL
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452018/100/200/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21196
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1966
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/23026
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/30530
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30389

Scores

EPSS 0.0364
EPSS Percentile 88.1%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
vikingboard/vikingboard 0.1.2
Published Dec 04, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026