CVE-2006-4531

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in lib/config.php in Pheap CMS 1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the lpref parameter.

Published: 2006-09-01 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-4531 is rated High Exploit Risk (79.5/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 13.31%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.68% 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-2006-4531

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2281 exploit_db edb 2006-08-31 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4531

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 2026-01-12 11.63% 13.31% +1.68%
2 2025-08-24 9.48% 11.63% +2.16%
3 2025-04-20 9.48%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4531

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-2006-4531

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-4531

Solution: The vendor has released version 1.3 to address this issue.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4531

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bare_concept_media pheap_cms <= 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:bare_concept_media:pheap_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-4531

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