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CVE-2006-2557

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-2557 describes a remote file inclusion vulnerability in Florian Amrhein NewsPortal before version 0.37, and TR Newsportal, specifically within the extras/poll/poll.php component. An attacker can exploit this by injecting a malicious URL into the file_newsportal parameter, leading to the execution of arbitrary PHP code on the server. With a CVSS score of 6.4, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially resulting in partial compromise of confidentiality and integrity. While not listed on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:florian_amrhein:newsportal:0.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
14.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-1789 · May 15, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1400 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 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 0.4 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

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2006-05/0308.html
Patch
archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2006-05/0325.html
Patch
florian-amrhein.de / newsportal/forum/article
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/20119
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20128
PatchVendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/947
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/26439
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/26471
exploit-db.com / exploits/1789
osvdb.org / 25531
osvdb.org / 25577
securityfocus.com / bid/18000
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1838