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CVE-2006-2550

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-2550 describes a remote code execution vulnerability in perlpodder versions prior to 0.5. Attackers can exploit this by injecting shell metacharacters into a podcast URL, which are then executed when the URL is logged. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.1, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector, high access complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:perlpodder:perlpodder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:perlpodder:perlpodder:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:perlpodder:perlpodder:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.1MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0434 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/fulldisclosure/2006-05/0570.html
secunia.com / advisories/20238
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/26575
osvdb.org / 25708
redteam-pentesting.de / advisories/rt-sa-2006-003.php
ExploitVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/434711/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/18067
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1906