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CVE-2006-2693

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-2693 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Nivisec Hacks List 1.20 and earlier, a phpBB modification. When the register_globals setting is enabled, remote attackers can read arbitrary files by manipulating the phpEx parameter in admin/admin_hacks_list.php. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.1, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector and complete confidentiality impact, though it requires medium attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old flaw.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nivisec:hacks_list:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.1HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0221 is in the 38th percentile among its peer group of 8,915 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 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 0.1 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/20359
ExploitVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/26840
nivisec.com / article.php
nukedx.com
ExploitVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/435285/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/18162
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2034