CVE-2006-6796

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in admin/admin_settings.php in MTCMS 2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the ins_file parameter.

Published: 2006-12-28 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-6796 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.21%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-6796

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
3005 exploit_db edb 2006-12-25 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6796

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 2026-05-10 6.69% 6.21% -0.48%
2 2025-09-21 4.03% 6.69% +2.66%
3 2025-08-16 4.03%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6796

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-2006-6796

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6796

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-6796: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6796

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6796

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mtcms mtcms <= 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:mtcms:mtcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6796

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