CVE-2006-4544

Exp

Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in ExBB 1.9.1, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the exbb[home_path] parameter in files in the modules directory including (1) birstday/birst.php (2) birstday/select.php, (3) birstday/profile_show.php, (4) newusergreatings/pm_newreg.php, (5) punish/p_error.php, (6) punish/profile.php, and (7) threadstop/threadstop.php. NOTE: the (8) modules/userstop/userstop.php vector might overlap CVE-2006-4488, although it is for a slightly different product from the same vendor.

Published: 2006-09-06 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-4544 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.13%). Core evidence: 2 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-2006-4544

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4544

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 2025-09-30 0.92% 1.13% +0.21%
2 2025-04-25 0.76% 0.92% +0.16%
3 2025-03-17 0.76%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4544

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-2006-4544

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4544

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
exbb exbb 1.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:exbb:exbb:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-4544

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