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CVE-2006-6546

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6546 describes a remote file inclusion vulnerability in the inc/shows.inc.php component of CuteNews aj-fork (CN:AJ) version 167f and earlier. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code on affected systems by injecting a malicious URL into the 'cutepath' parameter. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the CISA KEV catalog or showing active exploitation, public exploit code is available on ExploitDB, indicating a clear path for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
betaCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cutenews_aj-fork:cutenews_aj-fork:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-2891 · Dec 4, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0285 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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/23425
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/30689
exploit-db.com / exploits/2891
securityfocus.com / bid/21432
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4858