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CVE-2006-5079

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5079 describes a remote file inclusion vulnerability in the class.mysql.php component of Matt Humphrey paBugs 2.0 Beta 3 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by injecting a URL into the path_to_bt_dir parameter. The vulnerability carries 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 listed on the KEV catalog or showing active exploitation, public exploit code is available via ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0_beta_3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php_arena:pabugs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-2437 · Sep 26, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0266 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 51,455 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

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/29179
exploit-db.com / exploits/2437
securityfocus.com / bid/20222
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3784