CVE-2006-5401

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in template/barnraiser_01/p_new_password.tpl.php in AROUNDMe 0.5.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the templatePath parameter.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-5401 is rated High Exploit Risk (79.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.38%, 93th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.25% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: 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-2006-5401

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2562 exploit_db edb 2006-10-15 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5401

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 2026-04-27 7.13% 9.38% +2.25%
2 2026-04-25 4.95% 7.13% +2.19%
3 2026-02-28 4.95%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5401

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-2006-5401

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5401

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-5401: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5401

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5401

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
aroundme aroundme <= 0.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:aroundme:aroundme:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aroundme aroundme 0.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:aroundme:aroundme:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5401

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