CVE-2006-5472

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in Softerra PHP Developer Library 1.5.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the lib_dir parameter in (1) lib/registry.lib.php, (2) lib/sqlcompose.lib.php, and (3) lib/sqlsearch.lib.php.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-5472 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 16.54%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.66% 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-2006-5472

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2520 exploit_db edb 2006-10-12 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5472

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 12.88% 16.54% +3.66%
2 2026-04-25 8.97% 12.88% +3.91%
3 2025-08-06 8.97%

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5472

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-2006-5472

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5472

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-5472: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5472

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5472

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

References for CVE-2006-5472

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