CVE-2006-2681

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in SocketMail Lite and Pro 2.2.6 and earlier, when register_globals and magic_quotes are enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the site_path parameter to (1) index.php and (2) inc-common.php.

Published: 2006-05-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-2681 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.48%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2006-2681

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1826 exploit_db edb 2006-05-25 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2681

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 3.26% 2.48% -0.78%
2 2025-03-29 2.48% 3.26% +0.78%
3 2025-03-17 2.48%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2681

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-2681

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2681

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
socketmail socketmail <= 2.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:socketmail:socketmail:*:-:lite:*:*:*:*:*
socketmail socketmail <= 2.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:socketmail:socketmail:*:-:professional:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2681

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