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CVE-2006-5525

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5525 describes an incomplete blacklist vulnerability in PHP-Nuke 7.9 and earlier, specifically within the mainfile.php script. This flaw allows remote attackers to perform SQL injection attacks by bypassing existing protection mechanisms using "/**/UNION " or " UNION/**/" sequences. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.1, indicating a medium severity, with a network attack vector, high access complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the CISA KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 7.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-2617 · Oct 22, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0112 is in the 25th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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/22511
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/29705
exploit-db.com / exploits/2617
neosecurityteam.net / index.php
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/20674
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4149