CVE-2006-5284

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Published Oct 13, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 5.1 Medium EPSS 2.7% KEV · Not listed

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in auth/phpbb.inc.php in Shen Cheng-Da PHP News Reader (aka pnews) 2.6.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the CFG[auth_phpbb_path] parameter.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:php_news_reader:php_news_reader::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:php_news_reader:php_news_reader:2.6.2:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-5269	PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in auth/phpbb.inc.php in Shen Cheng-Da PHP News Reader (aka pnews) 2.6.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the CFG[auth_phpbb_path] parameter.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.7% (2.678% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/22354
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20480
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4011
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29481
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2517

History

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Subscriptions

Php News Reader Php News Reader

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 7:48 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Oct 13, 2006, 7:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 7:48 PM
Reserved: Oct 13, 2006, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:30 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 13, 2006, 7:07 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:30 PM

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