CVE-2006-5100

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in parse/parser.php in WEB//NEWS (aka webnews) 1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the WN_BASEDIR parameter.

Published: 2006-10-03 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-5100 is rated High Exploit Risk (76/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.75%). Core evidence: 1 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-2006-5100

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2435 exploit_db edb 2006-09-26 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5100

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 2026-06-30 3.73% 3.75% +0.03%
2 2026-06-15 12.65% 3.73% -8.92%
3 2025-09-02 12.65%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5100

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-2006-5100

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5100

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-5100: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5100

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5100

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netwin webnews 1.1h cpe:2.3:a:netwin:webnews:1.1h:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin webnews 1.1i cpe:2.3:a:netwin:webnews:1.1i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin webnews 1.1j cpe:2.3:a:netwin:webnews:1.1j:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin webnews 1.1k cpe:2.3:a:netwin:webnews:1.1k:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin webnews 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:netwin:webnews:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5100

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