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CVE-2006-5412

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5412 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in admin.php of PHP Outburst Easynews 4.4.1 and earlier, specifically when the register_globals setting is enabled. This flaw allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary code by manipulating the en_login_id parameter. With a CVSS score of 5.1, it has a network attack vector, high attack complexity, and results in partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While not listed in CISA KEV, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php_outburst:easynews:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-2588 · Oct 17, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0387 is in the 85th 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/22466
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/29656
exploit-db.com / exploits/2588
securityfocus.com / bid/20596
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4085