CVE-2006-6869: Maxdev Mdforum

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 3.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Directory traversal vulnerability in includes/search/search_mdforum.php in MAXdev MDForum 2.0.1 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled and register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the PNSVlang cookie to error.php, as demonstrated by injecting PHP sequences into an Apache HTTP Server log file, which is then included by error.php.

Affected products

• Maxdev Mdforum: up to and including 2.0.1

Published 2006-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.