CVE-2006-5763

Exp

Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in Free File Hosting 1.1, and possibly earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the AD_BODY_TEMP parameter to (1) login.php, (2) register.php, or (3) send.php. NOTE: the original provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information. NOTE: this issue was later reported for the "File Upload System" which is a component of Free File Hosting. Vector 1 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]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-5763 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.91%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-5763

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
29774 exploit_db edb 2007-03-24 Exploit-DB ↗
29773 exploit_db edb 2007-03-24 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5763

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 21.24% 4.91% -16.33%
2 2026-04-29 16.79% 21.24% +4.44%
3 2026-04-27 16.79%

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5763

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-2006-5763

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5763

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-5763: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5763

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5763

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-2006-5763

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