CVE-2006-4893

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in bb_usage_stats/includes/bb_usage_stats.php in phpBB XS 0.58 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the phpbb_root_path parameter, a different vector than CVE-2006-4780.

Published: 2006-09-19 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-4893 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.33%). 2 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-2006-4893

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4893

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 2026-03-02 1.99% 2.33% +0.33%
2 2025-10-13 1.63% 1.99% +0.36%
3 2025-05-08 — 1.63% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4893

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-2006-4893

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-4893

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-4893: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-4893

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4893

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpbb_xs phpbb_xs <= 0.58 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_xs:phpbb_xs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-4893

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