CVE-2006-3172

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Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in Content*Builder 0.7.5 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL with a trailing slash (/) character in the (1) lang_path parameter to (a) cms/plugins/col_man/column.inc.php, (b) cms/plugins/poll/poll.inc.php, (c) cms/plugins/user_managment/usrPortrait.inc.php, (d) cms/plugins/user_managment/user.inc.php, (e) cms/plugins/media_manager/media.inc.php, (f) cms/plugins/events/permanent.eventMonth.inc.php, (g) cms/plugins/events/events.inc.php, and (h) cms/plugins/newsletter2/newsletter.inc.php; (2) path[cb] parameter to (i) modules/guestbook/guestbook.inc.php, (j) modules/shoutbox/shoutBox.php, and (k) modules/sitemap/sitemap.inc.php; and the (3) rel parameter to (l) modules/download/overview.inc.php, (m) modules/download/detailView.inc.php, (n) modules/article/fullarticle.inc.php, (o) modules/article/comments.inc.php, (p) modules/article2/overview.inc.php, (q) modules/article2/fullarticle.inc.php, (r) modules/article2/comments.inc.php, (s) modules/headline/headlineBox.php, and (t) modules/headline/showHeadline.inc.php.

Published: 2006-06-23 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-3172 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 15.37%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: 23 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +8.58% 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-2006-3172

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-3172

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 6.79% 15.37% +8.58%
2 2025-11-03 5.87% 6.79% +0.93%
3 2025-07-31 5.87%

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-3172

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-2006-3172

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-3172

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
content\*builder content\*builder 0.7.5 cpe:2.3:a:content\*builder:content\*builder:0.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-3172

URL Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=115016951316696&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/20557 Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/26344 Exploit
http://www.osvdb.org/26345 Exploit
http://www.osvdb.org/26346 Exploit
http://www.osvdb.org/26347 Exploit
http://www.osvdb.org/26348 Exploit
http://www.osvdb.org/26349 Exploit
http://www.osvdb.org/26350 Exploit
http://www.osvdb.org/26351 Exploit
http://www.osvdb.org/26352 Exploit
http://www.osvdb.org/26353 Exploit
http://www.osvdb.org/26354 Exploit
http://www.osvdb.org/26355 Exploit
http://www.osvdb.org/26356 Exploit
http://www.osvdb.org/26357 Exploit
http://www.osvdb.org/26358 Exploit
http://www.osvdb.org/26359 Exploit
http://www.osvdb.org/26360 Exploit
http://www.osvdb.org/26361 Exploit
http://www.osvdb.org/26362 Exploit
http://www.osvdb.org/26363 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18404 Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2300 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27044
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