CVE-2006-6888

P-News 1.16 and 1.17 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via Direct Request

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-6888. PoCs published by 3l3ctric-Cracker.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing an information disclosure vulnerability in P-News versions 1.16 and 1.17. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to access the user.dat file, which contains admin credentials in plaintext or hashed format.

Description

P-News 1.16 and 1.17 store sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain the administrative account name and password hash via a direct request for db/user.dat.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by 3l3ctric-Cracker · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3054

This is a writeup describing an information disclosure vulnerability in P-News versions 1.16 and 1.17. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to access the user.dat file, which contains admin credentials in plaintext or hashed format.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: P-News 1.16, 1.17
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target web server
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31197
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3054

Scores

EPSS 0.0223
EPSS Percentile 80.4%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
p-news/p-news 1.16
p-news/p-news 1.17
Published Dec 31, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026