Vulnerability in PHP News Reader
CVE-2006-5284
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in auth/phpbb.inc.php in Shen Cheng-Da PHP News Reader (aka pnews) 2.6.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the CFG[auth_phpbb_path] parameter.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.026 (85.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 85.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: +0.001
Affected products
- PHP News Reader — versions 2.6.2
References
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2517 (exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20480 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29481 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4011 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/22354 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)