CVE-2006-5702
mediumpriority · attend · 49EPSS 0.534 · 99 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Tikiwiki 1.9.5 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (MySQL username and password) via an empty sort_mode parameter in (1) tiki-listpages.php, (2) tiki-lastchanges.php, (3) messu-archive.php, (4) messu-mailbox.php, (5) messu-sent.php, (6) tiki-directory_add_site.php, (7) tiki-directory_ranking.php, (8) tiki-directory_search.php, (9) tiki-forums.php, (10) tiki-view_forum.php, (11) tiki-friends.php, (12) tiki-list_blogs.php, (13) tiki-list_faqs.php, (14) tiki-list_trackers.php, (15) tiki-list_users.php, (16) tiki-my_tiki.php, (17) tiki-notepad_list.php, (18) tiki-orphan_pages.php, (19) tiki-shoutbox.php, (20) tiki-usermenu.php, and (21) tiki-webmail_contacts.php, which reveal the information in certain database error messages.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (2)
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- EDB-2701TikiWiki 1.9.5 Sirius - 'sort_mode' Information Disclosurefunctional · exploit_db
- auxiliary/admin/tikiwiki/tikidblibTikiWiki Information Disclosurefunctional · metasploit
affected products (2)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (16)
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/22678enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23039enisa_euvd
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-11.xmlenisa_euvd
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1816enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450268/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20858enisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4316enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29960enisa_euvd
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