CVE-2006-5250

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in lib/googlesearch/GoogleSearch.php in BlueShoes 4.6_public and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the APP[path][lib] parameter, a different vector than CVE-2006-2864.

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-2006-5250 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.74%, 93th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.34% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-5250

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
28781 exploit_db edb 2006-10-10 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5250

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 4.40% 6.74% +2.34%
2 2025-08-04 3.20% 4.40% +1.20%
3 2025-05-31 — 3.20% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5250

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-2006-5250

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5250

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5250: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5250

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-5250

Solution: The following conditions must be met in order for this vulnerability to be exploited: 1) BlueShoes is installed in the webroot (really not recommended, see installation manual 2) register_globals is on (really really not recommended, off by default since php 4.2.0, read http://www.php.net/register_globals 3) allow_url_fopen is on (on by default, often set to off by hosting providers)

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5250

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
blueshoes blueshoes_framework <= 4.6_public cpe:2.3:a:blueshoes:blueshoes_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5250

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