CVE-2006-5257

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in modules/forum/include/config.php in Ciamos Content Management System (CMS) 0.9.6b and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the module_cache_path 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-2006-5257 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.95%). 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-2006-5257

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2489 exploit_db edb 2006-10-08 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5257

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 5.34% 4.95% -0.39%
2 2025-09-03 3.08% 5.34% +2.26%
3 2025-05-31 — 3.08% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5257

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-2006-5257

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5257

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5257: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5257

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5257

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ciamos ciamos_cms <= 0.9.6b cpe:2.3:a:ciamos:ciamos_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5257

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