CVE-2006-5471

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in example/lib/grid3.lib.php in Softerra PHP Developer Library 1.5.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the (1) cfg_dir and (2) lib_dir parameters.

Published: 2006-10-24 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-5471 is rated High Exploit Risk (82/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 17.04%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.75% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-5471

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2511 exploit_db edb 2006-10-10 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5471

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 2026-04-28 13.30% 17.04% +3.75%
2 2026-04-25 7.20% 13.30% +6.10%
3 2026-03-06 7.20%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5471

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-2006-5471

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5471

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-5471: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5471

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5471

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
softerra php_developer_library <= 1.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:softerra:php_developer_library:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5471

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