CVE-2006-4877

Exp

Variable overwrite vulnerability in David Bennett PHP-Post (PHPp) 1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary program variables via multiple vectors that use the extract function, as demonstrated by the table_prefix parameter in (1) index.php, (2) profile.php, and (3) header.php.

Published: 2006-09-19 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-4877 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 12.62%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +4.65% 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-2006-4877

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
28591 exploit_db edb 2006-09-16 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4877

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 2026-04-12 7.97% 12.62% +4.65%
2 2026-03-26 7.18% 7.97% +0.79%
3 2026-03-02 7.18%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4877

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-4877

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4877

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
david_bennett php-post <= 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:david_bennett:php-post:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-4877

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