CVE-2006-7081

Exp

Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in PhpNews 1.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the Include parameter to (1) Include/lib.inc.php3 and (2) Include/variables.php3.

Published: 2007-03-02 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-7081 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.63%). 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-2006-7081

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2323 exploit_db edb 2006-09-07 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-7081

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 8.51% 2.63% -5.88%
2 2025-10-16 6.70% 8.51% +1.81%
3 2025-08-26 6.70%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-7081

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-2006-7081

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-7081

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpnews phpnews 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpnews:phpnews:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-7081

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