CVE-2006-6740

Exp

Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in phpProfiles 3.1.2b and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the menu parameter to (1) include/body.inc.php or (2) include/body_admin.inc.php; or a URL in the incpath parameter to (3) index.inc.php, (4) account.inc.php, (5) admin_newcomm.inc.php, (6) header_admin.inc.php, (7) header.inc.php, (8) friends.inc.php, (9) menu_u.inc.php, (10) notify.inc.php, (11) body.inc.php, (12) body_admin.inc.php, (13) commrecc.inc.php, (14) do_reg.inc.php, (15) comm_post.inc.php, or (16) menu_v.inc.php in include/, different vectors than CVE-2006-5634. NOTE: The provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

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-2006-6740 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.2/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.10%, 95th percentile). 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-2006-6740

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2956 exploit_db edb 2006-12-19 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6740

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 13.05% 9.10% -3.95%
2 2026-05-08 11.40% 13.05% +1.65%
3 2025-11-28 — 11.40% —

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6740

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-2006-6740

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6740

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6740: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6740

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-6740

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

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6740

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpprofiles phpprofiles <= 3.1.2b cpe:2.3:a:phpprofiles:phpprofiles:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpprofiles phpprofiles 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpprofiles:phpprofiles:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6740

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