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CVE-2006-5261

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5261 describes multiple remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in PHPMyNews version 1.4 and earlier. Attackers can exploit this by injecting a malicious URL into the cfg_include_dir parameter within several PHP scripts, leading to arbitrary PHP code execution. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog or experiencing active exploitation, public exploit code is available via ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmynews:phpmynews:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-2488 · Oct 8, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0268 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

securityreason.com / securityalert/1720
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/29401
exploit-db.com / exploits/2488
securityfocus.com / archive/1/448015/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/20396
Exploit