CVE-2006-6631

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in lib/xml/oai/GetRecord.php in osprey 1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the lib_dir parameter.

Published: 2006-12-18 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-6631 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.00%). 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-2006-6631

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2572 exploit_db edb 2006-10-16 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6631

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 5.36% 2.00% -3.37%
2 2026-04-30 5.79% 5.36% -0.42%
3 2025-09-07 5.79%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6631

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-2006-6631

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6631

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-6631: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6631

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-6631

Solution: Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6631

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ibiblio osprey <= 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibiblio:osprey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6631

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