CVE-2006-5381

Contenido CMS stores sensitive data under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain database credentials and other information via a direct request to (1) db_msql.inc, (2) db_mssql.inc, (3) db_mysqli.inc, (4) db_oci8.inc, (5) db_odbc.inc, (6) db_oracle.inc, (7) db_pgsql.inc, or (8) db_sybase.inc in the conlib/ directory.

Published: 2006-10-18 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-5381 is rated Low Risk (36.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.25%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5381

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 2025-03-17 0.49% 0.25% -0.24%
2 2024-06-23 0.38% 0.49% +0.10%
3 2023-03-22 0.38%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5381

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5381

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5381

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-5381: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5381

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5381

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
contenido contendio 4.5.2_alpha cpe:2.3:a:contenido:contendio:4.5.2_alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
contenido contendio 4.5.6_beta cpe:2.3:a:contenido:contendio:4.5.6_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
contenido contendio 4.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:contenido:contendio:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5381

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