CVE-2006-1292

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in Jim Hu and Chad Little PHP iCalendar 2.21 and earlier allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences and a NUL (%00) character in the phpicalendar[cookie_language] and phpicalendar[cookie_style] cookies, as demonstrated by injecting PHP sequences into an Apache access_log file, which is then included by day.php.

Published: 2006-03-19 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-1292 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.30%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.10% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-1292

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1585 exploit_db edb 2006-03-15 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1292

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 2026-01-04 6.20% 7.30% +1.10%
2 2025-07-30 5.09% 6.20% +1.11%
3 2025-07-27 5.09%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1292

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-1292

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1292

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
php_icalendar php_icalendar <= 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:php_icalendar:php_icalendar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php_icalendar php_icalendar 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:php_icalendar:php_icalendar:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php_icalendar php_icalendar 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:php_icalendar:php_icalendar:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php_icalendar php_icalendar 2.0a2 cpe:2.3:a:php_icalendar:php_icalendar:2.0a2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php_icalendar php_icalendar 2.0b cpe:2.3:a:php_icalendar:php_icalendar:2.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php_icalendar php_icalendar 2.0c cpe:2.3:a:php_icalendar:php_icalendar:2.0c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php_icalendar php_icalendar 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:php_icalendar:php_icalendar:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1292

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