CVE-2006-1746

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in PHPList 2.10.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to include arbitrary local files via the (1) GLOBALS[database_module] or (2) GLOBALS[language_module] parameters, which overwrite the underlying $GLOBALS variable.

Published: 2006-04-12 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-1746 is rated High Exploit Risk (61/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.87%). 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-2006-1746

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1746

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 2025-05-06 0.73% 0.87% +0.15%
2 2025-03-30 0.78% 0.73% -0.05%
3 2025-03-29 0.78%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1746

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-2006-1746

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1746

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tincan phplist <= 2.10.2 cpe:2.3:a:tincan:phplist:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tincan phplist 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:tincan:phplist:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tincan phplist 2.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:tincan:phplist:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tincan phplist 2.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:tincan:phplist:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tincan phplist 2.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:tincan:phplist:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tincan phplist 2.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:tincan:phplist:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tincan phplist 2.6.5 cpe:2.3:a:tincan:phplist:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tincan phplist 2.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:tincan:phplist:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tincan phplist 2.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:tincan:phplist:2.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tincan phplist 2.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:tincan:phplist:2.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tincan phplist 2.8.7 cpe:2.3:a:tincan:phplist:2.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tincan phplist 2.8.12 cpe:2.3:a:tincan:phplist:2.8.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tincan phplist 2.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:tincan:phplist:2.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1746

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