CVE-2006-5291

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in admin/includes/spaw/spaw_control.class.php in Download-Engine 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the spaw_root parameter. NOTE: CVE analysis suggests that this issue is actually in a third party product, SPAW Editor PHP Edition, so this issue is probably a duplicate of CVE-2006-4656.

Published: 2006-10-16 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5291 is rated High Exploit Risk (79.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 14.11%, 94th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.76% 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-2006-5291

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2521 exploit_db edb 2006-10-12 Exploit-DB ↗
2317 exploit_db edb 2006-09-07 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5291

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 2026-02-26 12.35% 14.11% +1.76%
2 2025-09-05 13.03% 12.35% -0.68%
3 2025-07-27 — 13.03% —

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5291

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-2006-5291

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5291

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5291: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5291

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5291

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
alex downloadengine 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:alex:downloadengine:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5291

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