PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in publish.php in Textpattern 1.19, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the txpcfg[txpath] parameter.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-5615 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.47%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2646 | exploit_db | edb | 2006-10-25 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2.09% | 2.47% | +0.38% |
| 2 | 2025-06-19 | 1.72% | 2.09% | +0.37% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 1.72% | — |
Full EPSS history (13 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
alpine
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— | CVE-2006-5615: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. | https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5615 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| textpattern | textpattern | 1.19 | cpe:2.3:a:textpattern:textpattern:1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |