CVE-2006-1478

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in (1) initiate.php and (2) possibly other PHP scripts in Turnkey Web Tools PHP Live Helper 1.8, and possibly later versions, allows remote authenticated users to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the language cookie, as demonstrated by uploading PHP code in a gl_session cookie to users.php, which causes the code to be stored in error.log, which is then included by initiate.php.

Published: 2006-03-29 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-1478 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.76%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2006-1478

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1478

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 2025-04-22 3.92% 4.76% +0.84%
2 2025-03-30 4.04% 3.92% -0.12%
3 2025-03-29 4.04%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1478

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-2006-1478

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-1478

Solution: This vulnerability may affect all other versions of Turnkey Web Tools, PHP Live Helper.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1478

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
turnkey_web_tools php_live_helper 1.8 cpe:2.3:a:turnkey_web_tools:php_live_helper:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1478

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