CVE-2006-6879

Exp

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in admin/uploads.php in PHP-Update 2.7 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to upload arbitrary PHP scripts to the gfx/ and files/ directories via the userfile parameter.

Published: 2006-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6879 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.51%, 91th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2006-6879

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
3017 exploit_db edb 2006-12-26 Exploit-DB ↗
3020 exploit_db edb 2006-12-26 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6879

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 2026-05-18 7.01% 6.51% -0.51%
2 2025-10-16 6.24% 7.01% +0.77%
3 2025-09-21 — 6.24% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6879

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 6.8 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6879

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6879

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6879: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6879

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6879

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
php-update php-update <= 2.7 cpe:2.3:a:php-update:php-update:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6879

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