CVE-2006-2152

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in admin/addentry.php in phpBB Advanced Guestbook 2.4.0 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files via the phpbb_root_path parameter.

Published: 2006-05-03 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-2152 is rated High Exploit Risk (73/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 12.10%, 93th 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-2006-2152

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1723 exploit_db edb 2006-04-28 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2152

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 16.67% 12.10% -4.57%
2 2025-03-29 12.10% 16.67% +4.57%
3 2025-03-19 12.10%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2152

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-2006-2152

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2152

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpbb_group phpbb_advanced_guestbook <= 2.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb_advanced_guestbook:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2152

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