CVE-2006-4944

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in includes/pear/Net/DNS/RR.php in ProgSys 0.151 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the phpdns_basedir parameter.

Published: 2006-09-22 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-4944 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.40%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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-2006-4944

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2411 exploit_db edb 2006-09-21 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4944

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 2026-06-21 2.34% 2.40% +0.06%
2 2025-05-12 1.93% 2.34% +0.41%
3 2025-03-30 1.93%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4944

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-2006-4944

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4944

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
boesch_it-consulting progsys <= 0.151 cpe:2.3:a:boesch_it-consulting:progsys:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-4944

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