CVE-2006-3053

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in common.php in PHORUM 5.1.13 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the PHORUM[http_path] parameter. NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the vendor, who states "common.php is checked on the very first line of non-comment code that it is not being called directly. It has been this way in all 5.x version of Phorum." CVE analysis concurs with the vendor

Published: 2006-06-16 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-3053 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.89%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2006-3053

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
27363 exploit_db edb 2006-03-06 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-3053

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 2026-07-14 2.83% 2.89% +0.05%
2 2026-06-15 5.72% 2.83% -2.89%
3 2025-10-27 — 5.72% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-3053

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-2006-3053

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-3053

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-3053: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-3053

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-3053

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phorum phorum <= 5.1.13 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.1.1_pre cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.1.1_pre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.1.1_rc2 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.1.1_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.1.1a cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.1.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.2.3a cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.2.3a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.2.3b cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.2.3b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.3.1a cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.3.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.3.2a cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.3.2a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.3.2b3 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.3.2b3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.4 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.4.6 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.4.7 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.4.8 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.4.8a cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.4.8a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.0.3_beta cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.0.3_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.0.7_beta cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.0.7_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.0.13 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.0.14 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.0.15a cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.0.15a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.0.16 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.0.17a cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.0.17a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.0.18 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-3053

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