CVE-2006-3685

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in CzarNews 1.12 through 1.14 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the tpath parameter to cn_config.php. NOTE: the news.php vector is already covered by CVE-2005-0859.

Published: 2006-07-21 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-3685 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.68%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.19% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-3685

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2009 exploit_db edb 2006-07-13 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-3685

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 2025-11-28 5.50% 6.68% +1.19%
2 2025-08-14 3.29% 5.50% +2.21%
3 2025-03-30 3.29%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-3685

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-3685

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-3685

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
czaries_network czarnews 1.12 cpe:2.3:a:czaries_network:czarnews:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
czaries_network czarnews 1.13 cpe:2.3:a:czaries_network:czarnews:1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
czaries_network czarnews 1.14 cpe:2.3:a:czaries_network:czarnews:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-3685

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