CVE-2006-5240

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in engine/require.php in Docmint 2.0 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the MY_ENV[BASE_ENGINE_LOC] parameter.

Published: 2006-10-12 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5240 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.97%). 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-2006-5240

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2493 exploit_db edb 2006-10-09 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5240

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 17.06% 3.97% -13.09%
2 2026-02-22 15.02% 17.06% +2.05%
3 2025-09-03 — 15.02% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5240

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
 4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5240

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5240

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5240: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5240

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-5240

Solution: Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5240

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
docmint docmint_cms <= 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:docmint:docmint_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5240

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