CVE-2006-4782

Exp

src/index.php in WebSPELL 4.01.01 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain sensitive information stored in the database via a modified userID parameter in a write action to admin/database.php.

Published: 2006-09-14 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-4782 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.83%, 92th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2006-4782

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2352 exploit_db edb 2006-09-12 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4782

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 2025-08-27 14.84% 8.83% -6.01%
2 2025-05-03 14.36% 14.84% +0.48%
3 2025-03-30 — 14.36% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4782

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 4.9 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-4782

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-4782

Solution: Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4782

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
webspell webspell <= 4.01.01 cpe:2.3:a:webspell:webspell:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webspell webspell 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:webspell:webspell:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webspell webspell 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:webspell:webspell:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webspell webspell 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:webspell:webspell:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-4782

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