CVE-2006-4673

Exp

Global variable overwrite vulnerability in maincore.php in PHP-Fusion 6.01.4 and earlier uses the extract function on the superglobals, which allows remote attackers to conduct SQL injection attacks via the _SERVER[REMOTE_ADDR] parameter to news.php.

Published: 2006-09-11 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-4673 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.58%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-4673

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
28496 exploit_db edb 2006-09-07 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4673

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 2025-03-17 0.83% 0.58% -0.26%
2 2024-12-17 1.01% 0.83% -0.18%
3 2023-07-16 1.01%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4673

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-4673

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-4673

Solution: Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" and "magic_quotes_gpc" are disabled. This vulnerability is addressed in the following product release: PHP-Fusion, PHP_Fusion, 6.01.5

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4673

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
php_fusion php_fusion <= 6.01.4 cpe:2.3:a:php_fusion:php_fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php_fusion php_fusion 6.0.105 cpe:2.3:a:php_fusion:php_fusion:6.0.105:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php_fusion php_fusion 6.0.106 cpe:2.3:a:php_fusion:php_fusion:6.0.106:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php_fusion php_fusion 6.0.107 cpe:2.3:a:php_fusion:php_fusion:6.0.107:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php_fusion php_fusion 6.0.109 cpe:2.3:a:php_fusion:php_fusion:6.0.109:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php_fusion php_fusion 6.0.110 cpe:2.3:a:php_fusion:php_fusion:6.0.110:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php_fusion php_fusion 6.0.204 cpe:2.3:a:php_fusion:php_fusion:6.0.204:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php_fusion php_fusion 6.0.206 cpe:2.3:a:php_fusion:php_fusion:6.0.206:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php_fusion php_fusion 6.0.303 cpe:2.3:a:php_fusion:php_fusion:6.0.303:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php_fusion php_fusion 6.0.304 cpe:2.3:a:php_fusion:php_fusion:6.0.304:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php_fusion php_fusion 6.0.306 cpe:2.3:a:php_fusion:php_fusion:6.0.306:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php_fusion php_fusion 6.0.307 cpe:2.3:a:php_fusion:php_fusion:6.0.307:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-4673

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