CVE-2006-5418

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in archive/archive_topic.php in pbpbb archive for search engines (SearchIndexer) (aka phpBBSEI) for phpBB allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the phpbb_root_path parameter.

Published: 2006-10-20 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5418 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.65%, 92th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.79% 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-2006-5418

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2549 exploit_db edb 2006-10-13 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5418

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 1.85% 5.65% +3.79%
2 2025-06-08 1.78% 1.85% +0.07%
3 2025-03-30 — 1.78% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5418

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-2006-5418

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5418

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5418: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5418

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5418

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpbb searchindexer — cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:searchindexer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5418

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