CVE-2006-5255

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in addnews.php in Greg Neustaetter gCards 1.13 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the languagefile parameter. NOTE: another researcher has observed that languageFile is defined before use. CVE analysis as of 20061012 concurs with the dispute

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-2006-5255 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.68%). 1 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-2006-5255

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5255

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 2026-02-23 1.27% 1.68% +0.41%
2 2025-11-05 1.04% 1.27% +0.23%
3 2025-09-15 — 1.04% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5255

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-2006-5255

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5255

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5255: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5255

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5255

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
greg_neustaetter gcards 1.13 cpe:2.3:a:greg_neustaetter:gcards:1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5255

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