CVE-2006-6757

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in cwmExplorer 1.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and source code, and obtain sensitive information via directory traversal sequences in the show_file parameter.

Published: 2006-12-26 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-6757 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.67%). 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-2006-6757

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2963 exploit_db edb 2006-12-19 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6757

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 5.64% 2.67% -2.98%
2 2026-05-09 6.09% 5.64% -0.44%
3 2025-09-19 6.09%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6757

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6757

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6757

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-6757: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6757

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6757

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cwm-design cwmexplorer <= 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:cwm-design:cwmexplorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cwm-design cwmexplorer 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:cwm-design:cwmexplorer:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6757

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