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CVE-2006-6856

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6856 describes a direct static code injection vulnerability in WebText CMS versions 0.4.5.2 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary PHP code into a script within the wt/users/ directory by manipulating the 'im' parameter during a profile edit operation. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity, with a low attack complexity and no authentication required, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit for remote code execution is available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.4.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:webtext:webtext:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-3036 · Dec 28, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0239 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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

secunia.com / advisories/23574
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/3036
securityfocus.com / bid/21809
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/5203