CVE-2006-5079

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in class.mysql.php in Matt Humphrey paBugs 2.0 Beta 3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the path_to_bt_dir parameter.

Published: 2006-09-29 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5079 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.56%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-5079

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2437 exploit_db edb 2006-09-26 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5079

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 4.50% 2.56% -1.94%
2 2026-02-09 4.91% 4.50% -0.41%
3 2025-09-02 — 4.91% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5079

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-2006-5079

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5079

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5079: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5079

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5079

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
php_arena pabugs <= 2.0_beta_3 cpe:2.3:a:php_arena:pabugs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5079

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