CVE-2006-6540

SQL injection vulnerability in bt-trackback.php in Bluetrait before 1.2.0, when trackback is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified parameters. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2006-12-14 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-6540 is rated Moderate Risk (50.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.56%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6540

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 2025-09-24 0.45% 0.56% +0.11%
2 2025-08-02 0.37% 0.45% +0.08%
3 2025-03-17 0.37%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6540

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-2006-6540

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6540

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-6540: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6540

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-6540

Solution: Successful exploitation requires that "trackback" is enabled, which is disabled by default. This vulnerability is addressed in the following product release: Bluetrait, Bluetrait, 1.2.0

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6540

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bluetrait bluetrait <= 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:bluetrait:bluetrait:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bluetrait bluetrait 0.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:bluetrait:bluetrait:0.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bluetrait bluetrait 0.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:bluetrait:bluetrait:0.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bluetrait bluetrait 0.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:bluetrait:bluetrait:0.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bluetrait bluetrait 0.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:bluetrait:bluetrait:0.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bluetrait bluetrait 0.3.7 cpe:2.3:a:bluetrait:bluetrait:0.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bluetrait bluetrait 0.3.8 cpe:2.3:a:bluetrait:bluetrait:0.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bluetrait bluetrait 0.3.9 cpe:2.3:a:bluetrait:bluetrait:0.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bluetrait bluetrait 0.3.10 cpe:2.3:a:bluetrait:bluetrait:0.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bluetrait bluetrait 0.4 cpe:2.3:a:bluetrait:bluetrait:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bluetrait bluetrait 0.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:bluetrait:bluetrait:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bluetrait bluetrait 0.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:bluetrait:bluetrait:0.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bluetrait bluetrait 0.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:bluetrait:bluetrait:0.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bluetrait bluetrait 0.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:bluetrait:bluetrait:0.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bluetrait bluetrait 0.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:bluetrait:bluetrait:0.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bluetrait bluetrait 0.4.6 cpe:2.3:a:bluetrait:bluetrait:0.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bluetrait bluetrait 0.4.7 cpe:2.3:a:bluetrait:bluetrait:0.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bluetrait bluetrait 0.4.8_beta1 cpe:2.3:a:bluetrait:bluetrait:0.4.8_beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bluetrait bluetrait 0.4.9 cpe:2.3:a:bluetrait:bluetrait:0.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bluetrait bluetrait 0.4.10 cpe:2.3:a:bluetrait:bluetrait:0.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bluetrait bluetrait 0.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bluetrait:bluetrait:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bluetrait bluetrait 0.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:bluetrait:bluetrait:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bluetrait bluetrait 0.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:bluetrait:bluetrait:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bluetrait bluetrait 0.5_beta2 cpe:2.3:a:bluetrait:bluetrait:0.5_beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bluetrait bluetrait 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bluetrait:bluetrait:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bluetrait bluetrait 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:bluetrait:bluetrait:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6540

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