mAlbum 0.3 Cache functions.php cached_album gal path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in mAlbum 0.3 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function cached_album of the file functions.php of the component Cache. The manipulation of the argument gal leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-6068. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in mAlbum 0.3. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function cached_album of the file functions.php of the component Cache. The manipulation of the argument gal with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in the cached_album function in functions.php for mAlbum 0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to list filenames of arbitrary images via a .. (dot dot) in the gal parameter to index.php.

The weakness was disclosed 11/21/2006 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-6068 since 11/21/2006. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as highly functional. By approaching the search of inurl:functions.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (30431), SecurityFocus (BID 21241†) and Secunia (SA22990†). The entry VDB-33408 is pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Highly functional
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Timelineinfo

11/20/2006 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-6068 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-6068
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-33407
X-Force: 30431 - mAlbum index.php directory traversal
SecurityFocus: 21241 - MAlbum Index.PHP Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Secunia: 22990 - mAlbum "gal" Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
Vupen: ADV-2006-4641

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 04/28/2026 14:24
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (52), 08/08/2018 07:18 (9), 04/28/2026 14:24 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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