CVE-2006-5762

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in forgot_pass.php in Free File Hosting 1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the AD_BODY_TEMP parameter. NOTE: this issue was later reported for the "File Upload System" which is a component of Free File Hosting. This also affects Free Image Hosting 2.0, which contains the same code.

Published: 2006-11-06 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5762 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.92%). 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-2006-5762

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2670 exploit_db edb 2006-10-28 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5762

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 16.30% 3.92% -12.38%
2 2026-04-27 14.33% 16.30% +1.98%
3 2026-03-19 — 14.33% —

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5762

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-2006-5762

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5762

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5762: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5762

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5762

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
free_php_scripts free_file_hosting <= 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:free_php_scripts:free_file_hosting:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
free_php_scripts free_image_hosting 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:free_php_scripts:free_image_hosting:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5762

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