CVE-2006-1793

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in runCMS 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the bbPath[path] parameter to (1) class.forumposts.php and (2) forumpollrenderer.php. NOTE: this issue is closely related to CVE-2006-0659.

Published: 2006-04-17 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-1793 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.56%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.28% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2006-1793

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1485 exploit_db edb 2006-02-09 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1793

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 2026-06-15 2.28% 3.56% +1.28%
2 2025-03-30 2.44% 2.28% -0.16%
3 2025-03-29 2.44%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1793

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.6 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
4.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-1793

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-1793

Solution: Succesful exploitation requires that register_globals = On & allow_url_fopen = On

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1793

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
runcms runcms <= 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:runcms:runcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
runcms runcms 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:runcms:runcms:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
runcms runcms 1.1a cpe:2.3:a:runcms:runcms:1.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1793

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