CVE-2006-4196

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in index.php in WEBInsta CMS 0.3.1 and possibly earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the templates_dir parameter.

Published: 2006-08-17 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-4196 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.1/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.37%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 3 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-2006-4196

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2175 exploit_db edb 2006-08-12 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4196

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 10.39% 9.37% -1.02%
2 2025-12-28 9.03% 10.39% +1.36%
3 2025-08-26 9.03%

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4196

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-2006-4196

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4196

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
webinsta cms <= 0.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:webinsta:cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-4196

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