CVE-2006-3988

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in index.php in Knusperleicht newsReporter 1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the news_include_path parameter.

Published: 2006-08-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-3988 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.11%). 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-2006-3988

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2101 exploit_db edb 2006-08-01 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-3988

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 17.37% 3.11% -14.26%
2 2025-08-19 11.85% 17.37% +5.52%
3 2025-03-30 — 11.85% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-3988

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-2006-3988

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-3988

Solution: Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-3988

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
knusperleicht newsreporter <= 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:knusperleicht:newsreporter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
knusperleicht newsreporter 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:knusperleicht:newsreporter:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-3988

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