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CVE-2006-5418

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5418 describes a remote file inclusion vulnerability in the archive_topic.php component of the phpBB SearchIndexer (phpBBSEI) modification for phpBB. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by manipulating the 'phpbb_root_path' parameter. With a CVSS score of 6.8, it presents a medium severity risk, enabling partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts through a network-based attack with medium access complexity. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:searchindexer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-2549 · Oct 13, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0569 is in the 91st 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/22443
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/1751
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/29569
exploit-db.com / exploits/2549
securityfocus.com / archive/1/448621/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/20571
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4037