CVE-2006-6866

Exp

STphp EasyNews PRO 4.0 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain usernames, email addresses, and password hashes via a direct request for data/users.txt.

Published: 2006-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-6866 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.72%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: 1 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-2006-6866

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
3039 exploit_db edb 2006-12-29 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6866

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 2026-05-17 8.40% 7.72% -0.68%
2 2025-09-22 7.14% 8.40% +1.25%
3 2025-08-23 7.14%

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6866

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-2006-6866

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6866

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-6866: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6866

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6866

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
stphp easynews 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:stphp:easynews:4.0:*:pro:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6866

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