CVE-2006-5312

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in shoutbox.php in the Ajax Shoutbox 0.0.5 and earlier module for phpBB allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the phpbb_root_path parameter.

Published: 2006-10-17 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-5312 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.14%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-5312

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2532 exploit_db edb 2006-10-12 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5312

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 1.88% 2.14% +0.26%
2 2026-02-27 1.52% 1.88% +0.35%
3 2025-09-05 1.52%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5312

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-2006-5312

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5312

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-5312: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5312

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5312

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpbb ajax_shoutbox <= 0.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:ajax_shoutbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5312

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