CVE-2006-4602

Exp

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in jhot.php in TikiWiki 1.9.4 Sirius and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a filepath parameter that contains a filename with a .php extension, which is uploaded to the img/wiki/ directory.

Published: 2006-09-07 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-4602 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 83.36%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.19% 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-2006-4602

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16885 exploit_db edb 2010-07-25 Exploit-DB ↗
2288 exploit_db edb 2006-09-02 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4602

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 2025-08-25 81.17% 83.36% +2.19%
2 2025-08-10 82.49% 81.17% -1.32%
3 2025-06-18 82.49%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4602

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-2006-4602

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-4602

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2006-4602: 1 GLSA(s) (200609-16), 1 atom(s) (www-apps/tikiwiki); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-4602

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-4602

Comment: Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/434.html 'CWE-434: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type'

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4602

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tiki tikiwiki_cms\/groupware 1.9.4 cpe:2.3:a:tiki:tikiwiki_cms\/groupware:1.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-4602

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