Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 4, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2006-5716

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in aff_news.php in FreeNews 2.1 allows remote attackers to include local files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the chemin parameter, when the aff_news parameter is not set to "1."

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Affected products

Freenews/Freenews2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:freenews:freenews:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:freenews:freenews:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 2.1

Patches

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References

securityreason.com/securityalert/1822nvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450012/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450081/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450157/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/20795nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29896nvd

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