CVE-2006-1784

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in admin/configset.php in Sphider 1.3 and earlier, when register_globals is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the settings_dir parameter.

Published: 2006-04-13 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-1784 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.23%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: 1 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-2006-1784

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1665 exploit_db edb 2006-04-12 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1784

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 2025-03-30 11.82% 7.23% -4.59%
2 2025-03-29 7.23% 11.82% +4.59%
3 2025-03-19 7.23%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1784

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-1784

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1784

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sphider sphider 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:sphider:sphider:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sphider sphider 1.3_rc1 cpe:2.3:a:sphider:sphider:1.3_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sphider sphider 1.3_rc2 cpe:2.3:a:sphider:sphider:1.3_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1784

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