CVE-2006-4240

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in index.php in Fusion News 3.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the fpath parameter.

Published: 2006-08-21 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-4240 is rated High Exploit Risk (71/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.18%). 4 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-2006-4240

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
28394 exploit_db edb 2006-08-16 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4240

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 7.39% 3.18% -4.21%
2 2025-04-09 7.12% 7.39% +0.27%
3 2025-03-30 — 7.12% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4240

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-2006-4240

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4240

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
fusionphp fusion_news 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:fusionphp:fusion_news:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fusionphp fusion_news 3.3 cpe:2.3:a:fusionphp:fusion_news:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fusionphp fusion_news 3.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:fusionphp:fusion_news:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fusionphp fusion_news 3.7 cpe:2.3:a:fusionphp:fusion_news:3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-4240

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