CVE-2006-4198

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in includes/session.php in Wheatblog (wB) 1.1 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the wb_class_dir parameter.

Published: 2006-08-17 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-4198 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.47%, 92th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-4198

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2174 exploit_db edb 2006-08-11 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4198

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 16.57% 5.47% -11.10%
2 2025-12-28 14.57% 16.57% +2.00%
3 2025-08-26 — 14.57% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4198

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-2006-4198

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-4198

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

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4198

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

References for CVE-2006-4198

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