CVE-2006-5234

Exp

Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in phpWebSite 0.10.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the PHPWS_SOURCE_DIR parameter in (1) init.php, (2) users.php, (3) Cookie.php, (4) forms.php, (5) Groups.php, (6) ModSetting.php, (7) Calendar.php, (8) DateTime.php, (9) core.php, (10) ImgLibrary.php, (11) Manager.php, and (12) Template.php, and (13) EZform.php. NOTE: CVE disputes this report, since "PHPWS_SOURCE_DIR" is defined as a constant, not accessed as a variable

Published: 2006-10-11 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5234 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.68%). 3 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-2006-5234

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
28774 exploit_db edb 2006-10-09 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5234

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 6.31% 2.68% -3.64%
2 2026-04-27 4.75% 6.31% +1.56%
3 2026-04-24 — 4.75% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5234

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-2006-5234

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5234

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5234: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5234

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5234

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpwebsite phpwebsite 0.10.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpwebsite:phpwebsite:0.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5234

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