CVE-2006-5031

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in app/webroot/js/vendors.php in Cake Software Foundation CakePHP before 1.1.8.3544 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter, followed by a filename ending with "%00" and a .js filename.

Published: 2006-09-27 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-5031 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.29%, 94th percentile). 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-2006-5031

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
28645 exploit_db edb 2006-09-22 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5031

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 2026-06-15 6.88% 7.29% +0.41%
2 2025-05-16 5.74% 6.88% +1.14%
3 2025-03-30 5.74%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5031

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:P/I:N/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5031

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2006-5031

GHSA-rw73-xmpv-j5x2 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: composer — CakePHP directory traversal vulnerability allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5031

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-5031: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5031
debian not yet assigned CVE-2006-5031 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cakephp), 1 status rows across 1 suites (bullseye): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-5031

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5031

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cakephp cakephp <= 1.1.7.3363 cpe:2.3:a:cakephp:cakephp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5031

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