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CVE-2006-6786

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6786 describes a critical vulnerability in Open Newsletter versions 2.5 and earlier, allowing remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary PHP code. By injecting malicious code into the email parameter of subscribe.php or unsubscribe.php, attackers can achieve code execution. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.5 (medium severity) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:open_newsletter:open_newsletter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:open_newsletter:open_newsletter:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-2981 · Dec 23, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0172 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 21,954 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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

exploit-db.com / exploits/2981
securityfocus.com / bid/21775
Exploit