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CVE-2006-4666

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-4666 describes multiple remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in Stefan Ernst Newsscript (WM-News) 0.5 beta. Attackers can execute arbitrary PHP code by injecting a URL into the 'ide' parameter in article.php or the 'pwfile' parameter across several administrative scripts. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog or Hot List, an ExploitDB entry exists, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:stefan_ernst:newsscript:0.5:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-28493 · Sep 7, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0429 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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/21826
securityreason.com / securityalert/1533
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/28813
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/28892
osvdb.org / 28813
securityfocus.com / archive/1/445523/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/19886
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3558
Vendor Advisory