Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 15, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2006-5897

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in PhpMyChat Plus 1.9 and earlier allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the ChatPath parameter to (1) avatar.php, (2) colorhelp_popup.php, (3) color_popup.php, (4) index.php, (5) index1.php, (6) lib/connected_users.lib.php, (7) lib/index.lib.php, and (8) phpMyChat.php3; and the (9) L parameter to logs.php. NOTE: CVE analysis suggests that vector 1 might be incorrect.

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Affected products

Phpheaven/Phpmychat
cpe:2.3:a:phpheaven:phpmychat_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=1.9
Phpmychat/Phpmychat Plusllm-fuzzy
Range: <=1.9

Patches

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References

secunia.com/advisories/22782nvdVendor Advisory
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4454nvdVendor Advisory
securityreason.com/securityalert/1854nvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450919/100/0/threadednvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30122nvd

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