Vulnerability in Textpattern

CVE-2006-5615

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in publish.php in Textpattern 1.19, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the txpcfg[txpath] parameter.

Published 2006-10-31 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/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 2026-09-29.

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

Textpattern — versions 1.19

References

securityreason.com/securityalert/1794 (third-party-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/20769 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449907/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)