CVE-2006-5102

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in include/editfunc.inc.php in Sebastian Baumann and Philipp Wolfer Newswriter SW 1.42 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the NWCONF_SYSTEM[server_path] parameter.

Published: 2006-10-03 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5102 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.1/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.69%, 90th percentile). 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-2006-5102

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2439 exploit_db edb 2006-09-27 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5102

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 2026-02-12 6.14% 5.69% -0.45%
2 2025-12-16 6.20% 6.14% -0.06%
3 2025-09-02 — 6.20% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5102

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-2006-5102

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5102

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5102: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5102

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5102

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
baumedia newswriter 1.40 cpe:2.3:a:baumedia:newswriter:1.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
baumedia newswriter 1.41 cpe:2.3:a:baumedia:newswriter:1.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
baumedia newswriter 1.42 cpe:2.3:a:baumedia:newswriter:1.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5102

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