CVE-2006-5525

Exp

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in mainfile.php in PHP-Nuke 7.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to conduct SQL injection attacks via (1) "/**/UNION " or (2) " UNION/**/" sequences, which are not rejected by the protection mechanism, as demonstrated by a SQL injection via the eid parameter in a search action in the Encyclopedia module in modules.php.

Published: 2006-10-26 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5525 is rated Exploit Available (54.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.10%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-5525

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2617 exploit_db edb 2006-10-22 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5525

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 2026-06-15 3.39% 1.10% -2.29%
2 2026-04-28 2.53% 3.39% +0.86%
3 2026-04-26 — 2.53% —

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5525

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-2006-5525

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5525

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5525: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5525

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5525

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpnuke php-nuke <= 7.9 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 7.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 7.3 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 7.4 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 7.5 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 7.6 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 7.7 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 7.8 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5525

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