CVE-2006-0909
NVD-CWE-OtherPublished: February 28, 2006· Updated: Jun 16, 2026
Official Description
Invision Power Board (IPB) 2.1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to view sensitive information via a direct request to multiple PHP scripts that include the full path in error messages, including (1) PEAR/Text/Diff/Renderer/inline.php, (2) PEAR/Text/Diff/Renderer/unified.php, (3) PEAR/Text/Diff3.php, (4) class_db.php, (5) class_db_mysql.php, and (6) class_xml.php in the ips_kernel/ directory; (7) mysql_admin_queries.php, (8) mysql_extra_queries.php, (9) mysql_queries.php, and (10) mysql_subsm_queries.php in the sources/sql directory; (11) sources/acp_loaders/acp_pages_components.php; (12) sources/action_admin/member.php and (13) sources/action_admin/paysubscriptions.php; (14) login.php, (15) messenger.php, (16) moderate.php, (17) paysubscriptions.php, (18) register.php, (19) search.php, (20) topics.php, (21) and usercp.php in the sources/action_public directory; (22) bbcode/class_bbcode.php, (23) bbcode/class_bbcode_legacy.php, (24) editor/class_editor_rte.php, (25) editor/class_editor_std.php, (26) post/class_post.php, (27) post/class_post_edit.php, (28) post/class_post_new.php, (29) and post/class_post_reply.php in the sources/classes directory; (30) sources/components_acp/registration_DEPR.php; (31) sources/handlers/han_paysubscriptions.php; (32) func_usercp.php; (33) search_mysql_ftext.php, and (34) search_mysql_man.php in the sources/lib/ directory; and (35) convert/auth.php.bak, (36) external/auth.php, and (37) ldap/auth.php in the sources/loginauth directory.
Technical Analysis
CVE-2006-0909 can be exploited remotely over the network without requiring physical or adjacent access, significantly expanding the attack surface for threat actors.
Exploitation requires some privileges, which limits the exposure to scenarios where an attacker has already gained initial access.
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Recommended Actions
- →Apply vendor patches immediately
- →Monitor CVE-2006-0909 in threat intel feeds
- →Review IDS/IPS signatures for exploitation attempts