CVE-2006-6645

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in language/lang_english/lang_admin.php in the Web Links (mx_links) 2.05 and earlier module for mxBB allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the mx_root_path parameter.

Published: 2006-12-20 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-6645 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.89%). 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-2006-6645

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2939 exploit_db edb 2006-12-16 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6645

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 2026-05-02 5.34% 4.89% -0.45%
2 2025-09-19 3.19% 5.34% +2.14%
3 2025-08-08 3.19%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6645

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-2006-6645

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6645

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-6645: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6645

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6645

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mxbb mxbb_web_links <= 2.05 cpe:2.3:a:mxbb:mxbb_web_links:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6645

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