RCE in phpBB Security

CVE-2006-7090

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in phpbb_security.php in phpBB Security 1.0.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the php_root_path parameter.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published 2007-03-02 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (71.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 71.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: +0.000

Affected products

phpBB Security

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/20518 (Exploit, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
securityreason.com/securityalert/2327 (third-party-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448607 (mailing-list, Exploit)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29573 (vdb-entry)