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CVE-2006-2608

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-2608 describes a critical vulnerability in artmedic newsletter 4.1 and potentially other versions, allowing remote attackers to modify arbitrary files and execute arbitrary PHP code. This is achieved by manipulating the logfile parameter in log.php when register_globals is enabled, leading to the redefinition of the $logfile variable. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 5.1, indicating a network-based attack with high complexity, but potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:artmedic_webdesign:artmedic_newsletter:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-27900 · May 19, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0264 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 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

secunia.com / advisories/20204
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/957
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/26597
securityfocus.com / archive/1/434738/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/18047
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1930