CVE-2006-2693: Nivisec Hacks List

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Directory traversal vulnerability in admin/admin_hacks_list.php in Nivisec Hacks List 1.20 and earlier for phpBB, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ".." in the phpEx parameter.

Affected products

• Nivisec Hacks List: up to and including 1.20

Published 2006-05-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.