CVE-2006-5429

Exp

Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in Barry Nauta BRIM 1.2.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the renderer parameter in template.tpl.php in (1) templates/barrel/, (2) templates/sidebar/, (3) templates/text-only, (4) templates/slashdot/, (5) templates/penguin/, (6) templates/pda/, (7) templates/oerdec/, (8) templates/nifty/, (9) templates/mylook, and (10) templates/barry/.

Published: 2006-10-20 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-5429 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.91%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2006-5429

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2589 exploit_db edb 2006-10-17 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5429

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 2026-03-02 8.51% 7.91% -0.60%
2 2025-09-07 6.88% 8.51% +1.63%
3 2025-06-08 6.88%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5429

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-2006-5429

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5429

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-5429: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5429

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5429

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
barry_nauta brim <= 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:barry_nauta:brim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5429

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