CVE-2006-5588

Exp

Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in CMS Faethon 2.0 Ultimate and earlier, when register_globals and magic_quotes_gpc are enabled, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the mainpath parameter to (1) includes/rss-reader.php or (2) admin/config.php, different vectors than CVE-2006-3185.

Published: 2006-10-27 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5588 is rated High Exploit Risk (80.5/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 11.66%, 94th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.73% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-5588

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2632 exploit_db edb 2006-10-24 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5588

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 8.93% 11.66% +2.73%
2 2026-04-26 6.24% 8.93% +2.69%
3 2026-03-09 — 6.24% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5588

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-2006-5588

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5588

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5588: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5588

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5588

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cms_faethon cms_faethon <= 2.0_ultimate cpe:2.3:a:cms_faethon:cms_faethon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5588

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