CVE-2006-5673

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in bb_func_txt.php in miniBB 2.0.2 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the pathToFiles parameter.

Published: 2006-11-03 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5673 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 11.96%, 93th percentile). 3 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-2006-5673

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2655 exploit_db edb 2006-10-26 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5673

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 2025-06-22 11.55% 11.96% +0.41%
2 2025-03-30 15.96% 11.55% -4.41%
3 2025-03-29 — 15.96% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5673

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5673

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5673

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5673: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5673

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-5673

Solution: Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled. This vulnerability is addressed in the following product update: MiniBB, MiniBB, 2.0.2a

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5673

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
minibb minibb <= 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:minibb:minibb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5673

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