SQL injection vulnerability in modules/journal/search.php in the Journal module in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 7.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the forwhat parameter.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-5720 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.9/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.25%). Core evidence: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28885 | exploit_db | edb | 2006-10-31 | 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 | 2026-04-26 | 0.19% | 0.25% | +0.06% |
| 2 | 2026-01-18 | 0.47% | 0.19% | -0.28% |
| 3 | 2025-11-28 | — | 0.47% | — |
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-2006-5720: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. | https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5720 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| francisco_burzi | php-nuke | <= 7.9 | cpe:2.3:a:francisco_burzi:php-nuke:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| francisco_burzi | php-nuke | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:a:francisco_burzi:php-nuke:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| francisco_burzi | php-nuke | 7.1 | cpe:2.3:a:francisco_burzi:php-nuke:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| francisco_burzi | php-nuke | 7.2 | cpe:2.3:a:francisco_burzi:php-nuke:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| francisco_burzi | php-nuke | 7.3 | cpe:2.3:a:francisco_burzi:php-nuke:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| francisco_burzi | php-nuke | 7.4 | cpe:2.3:a:francisco_burzi:php-nuke:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| francisco_burzi | php-nuke | 7.5 | cpe:2.3:a:francisco_burzi:php-nuke:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| francisco_burzi | php-nuke | 7.6 | cpe:2.3:a:francisco_burzi:php-nuke:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| francisco_burzi | php-nuke | 7.7 | cpe:2.3:a:francisco_burzi:php-nuke:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| francisco_burzi | php-nuke | 7.8 | cpe:2.3:a:francisco_burzi:php-nuke:7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |