CVE-2006-6738

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in statistic.php in cwmCounter 5.1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the path parameter.

Published: 2006-12-26 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6738 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.83%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-6738

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2960 exploit_db edb 2006-12-19 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6738

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 2025-08-14 2.33% 2.83% +0.49%
2 2025-05-03 1.98% 2.33% +0.35%
3 2025-03-30 — 1.98% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6738

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-2006-6738

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6738

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6738: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6738

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-6738

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

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6738

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cwm-design cwmcounter <= 5.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:cwm-design:cwmcounter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6738

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