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CVE-2006-2156

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-2156 is a directory traversal vulnerability affecting X7 Chat 2.0 and earlier, allowing remote attackers to include arbitrary files by manipulating the help_file parameter in help/index.php. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.4, indicating moderate severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, potentially leading to partial confidentiality and integrity compromise. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry exists for remote command execution, suggesting exploitability. Despite this, the CVE has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.3.2bCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x7_group:x7_chat:1.3.2b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.3bCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x7_group:x7_chat:1.3.3b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.4bCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x7_group:x7_chat:1.3.4b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.5bCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x7_group:x7_chat:1.3.5b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x7_group:x7_chat:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-1738 · May 2, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0792 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/19886
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/829
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/26218
exploit-db.com / exploits/1738
osvdb.org / 25149
securityfocus.com / archive/1/432716/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/17777
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1608