PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in gorum/dbproperty.php in PHPOutsourcing Zorum 3.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the appDirName parameter.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-5431 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.74%). 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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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28828 | exploit_db | edb | 2006-10-19 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2025-06-08 | 1.43% | 1.74% | +0.31% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 2.01% | 1.43% | -0.58% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 2.01% | — |
Full EPSS history (11 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
alpine
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— | CVE-2006-5431: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. | https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5431 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| phpoutsourcing | zorum | <= 3.5 | cpe:2.3:a:phpoutsourcing:zorum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |