CVE-2006-0147

Exp

Dynamic code evaluation vulnerability in tests/tmssql.php test script in ADOdb for PHP before 4.70, as used in multiple products including (1) Mantis, (2) PostNuke, (3) Moodle, (4) Cacti, (5) Xaraya, (6) PhpOpenChat, possibly (7) MAXdev MD-Pro, and (8) Simplog, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP functions via the do parameter, which is saved in a variable that is then executed as a function, as demonstrated using phpinfo.

Published: 2006-01-09 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-0147 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 29.66%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +8.49% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-0147

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1663 exploit_db edb 2006-04-11 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-0147

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-02 21.17% 29.66% +8.49%
2 2025-03-30 19.67% 21.17% +1.50%
3 2025-03-29 19.67%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-0147

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-0147

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-0147

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2006-0147 medium priority: Debian including 2 source packages (cacti, libphp-adodb), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 10. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-0147
gentoo high CVE-2006-0147: 1 GLSA(s) (200604-07), 1 atom(s) (net-analyzer/cacti); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-0147
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-0147 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libphp-adodb), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): released 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-0147

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-0147

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
john_lim adodb 4.66 cpe:2.3:a:john_lim:adodb:4.66:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
john_lim adodb 4.68 cpe:2.3:a:john_lim:adodb:4.68:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.19.4 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.19.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 1.0.0_rc4 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:1.0.0_rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle 1.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postnuke_software_foundation postnuke 0.761 cpe:2.3:a:postnuke_software_foundation:postnuke:0.761:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
the_cacti_group cacti 0.8.6g cpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:0.8.6g:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-0147

URL Tags
http://retrogod.altervista.org/phpopenchat_30x_sql_xpl.html Exploit
http://retrogod.altervista.org/simplog_092_incl_xpl.html Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/17418 Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18233 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18254 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18260 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18267 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18276 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19555 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19590 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19591 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19600 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19628 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19691
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-64/advisory/ Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1029 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1030 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1031
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-07.xml Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/22291
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430448/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430743/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0101
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0102
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0103
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0104
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1305
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1332
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24052
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1663
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