Directory traversal vulnerability in website.php in openEngine 1.8 Beta 2 and earlier allows remote attackers to list arbitrary directories and read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the template parameter.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-2280 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.51%). Core evidence: 2 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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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27823 | exploit_db | edb | 2006-05-08 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 4.66% | 3.51% | -1.14% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 5.94% | 4.66% | -1.29% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 5.94% | — |
Full EPSS history (10 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| openengine | openengine | 1.7.1 | cpe:2.3:a:openengine:openengine:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openengine | openengine | 1.8_beta2 | cpe:2.3:a:openengine:openengine:1.8_beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |