Photography-on-the-net Exhibit Engine 2 1.22 fetchsettings.php toroot file inclusion
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Summary
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Photography-on-the-net Exhibit Engine 2 1.22. This impacts an unknown function of the file fetchsettings.php. Such manipulation of the argument toroot leads to file inclusion. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-7184. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Photography-on-the-net Exhibit Engine 2 1.22 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the file fetchsettings.php. The manipulation of the argument toroot with an unknown input leads to a file inclusion vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-73. The product allows user input to control or influence paths or file names that are used in filesystem operations. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in Exhibit Engine (EE) 1.22, and possibly earlier, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the toroot parameter to (1) fetchsettings.php or (2) fstyles.php. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
The weakness was shared 03/30/2007 by Cyber-Security (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-7184 since 03/30/2007. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.
The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:fetchsettings.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 23640 (Exhibit Engine styles.php toroot Parameter Remote File Inclusion), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.
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 (30516), Exploit-DB (28873), Tenable (23640), SecurityFocus (BID 20793†) and OSVDB (33999†). The entry VDB-35923 is related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6
VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.6
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Exploiting
Class: File inclusionCWE: CWE-73
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 23640
Nessus Name: Exhibit Engine styles.php toroot Parameter Remote File Inclusion
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OpenVAS ID: 80058
OpenVAS Name: Exhibit Engine toroot Parameter Remote File Include Vulnerability
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
10/30/2006 🔍11/14/2006 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔Researcher: Cyber-Security
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2006-7184 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-7184
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-35924
X-Force: 30516
SecurityFocus: 20793 - Exhibit Engine Toroot Parameter Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 33999 - Exhibit Engine fstyles.php toroot Parameter Remote File Inclusion
Vulnerability Center: 14807 - Exhibit Engine Multiple PHP Remote File Inclusion Vulnerabilities via toroot Parameter, High
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 03/13/2015 14:56Updated: 10/17/2025 10:04
Changes: 03/13/2015 14:56 (71), 07/17/2019 16:47 (2), 10/17/2025 10:04 (27)
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