CVE-2006-6216

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in admin_hacks_list.php in the Nivisec Hacks List 1.21 and earlier phpBB module allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the hack_id parameter.

Published: 2006-12-01 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-6216 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.99%). 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-2006-6216

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2851 exploit_db edb 2006-11-26 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6216

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 0.84% 0.99% +0.15%
2 2026-04-13 0.91% 0.84% -0.07%
3 2026-02-14 0.91%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6216

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6216

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6216

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-6216: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6216

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6216

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
nivisec hacks_list <= 1.21 cpe:2.3:a:nivisec:hacks_list:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6216

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