CVE-2006-5480

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in lib/rs.php in 2le.net Castor PHP Web Builder 1.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the rootpath parameter.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-5480 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.57%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: 3 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-2006-5480

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2606 exploit_db edb 2006-10-21 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5480

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 2026-04-25 5.96% 6.57% +0.60%
2 2026-03-06 6.50% 5.96% -0.54%
3 2025-09-08 6.50%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5480

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5480

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5480

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-5480: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5480

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-5480

Solution: Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled and that support for ".htaccess" files is disabled.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5480

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
castor php_web_builder 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:castor:php_web_builder:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5480

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