CVE-2006-0973

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in topics.php in Appalachian State University phpWebSite 0.10.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the topic parameter.

Published: 2006-03-03 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-0973 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.50%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-0973

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1525 exploit_db edb 2006-02-24 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-0973

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 2025-07-26 1.36% 1.50% +0.14%
2 2025-05-17 2.01% 1.36% -0.65%
3 2025-03-30 2.01%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-0973

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-2006-0973

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-0973

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpwebsite phpwebsite 0.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:phpwebsite:phpwebsite:0.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpwebsite phpwebsite 0.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpwebsite:phpwebsite:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpwebsite phpwebsite 0.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:phpwebsite:phpwebsite:0.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpwebsite phpwebsite 0.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:phpwebsite:phpwebsite:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpwebsite phpwebsite 0.9.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpwebsite:phpwebsite:0.9.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpwebsite phpwebsite 0.9.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpwebsite:phpwebsite:0.9.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpwebsite phpwebsite 0.9.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:phpwebsite:phpwebsite:0.9.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpwebsite phpwebsite 0.9.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:phpwebsite:phpwebsite:0.9.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpwebsite phpwebsite 0.10 cpe:2.3:a:phpwebsite:phpwebsite:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpwebsite phpwebsite 0.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpwebsite:phpwebsite:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpwebsite phpwebsite 0.10.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpwebsite:phpwebsite:0.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-0973

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