CVE-2006-5306

Exp

Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in the Journals System module 1.0.2 (RC2) and earlier for phpBB allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the phpbb_root_path parameter in (1) includes/journals_delete.php, (2) includes/journals_post.php, or (3) includes/journals_edit.php.

Published: 2006-10-17 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5306 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.02%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-5306

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2522 exploit_db edb 2006-10-12 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5306

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 4.33% 3.02% -1.31%
2 2025-09-05 5.20% 4.33% -0.86%
3 2025-06-05 — 5.20% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5306

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5306

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5306

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5306: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5306

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5306

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpbb journals_system_module <= 1.0.2_rc2 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:journals_system_module:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb journals_system_module 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:journals_system_module:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5306

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