{"id":"CVE-2006-5261","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2006-5261","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:50:58.051Z","title":"Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in PHPMyNews 1.4 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the cfg_include_dir parameter in (1) disp_form.php3, (2) disp_smileys.php3, (3) little_news.php3, and (4)…","description":"Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in PHPMyNews 1.4 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the cfg_include_dir parameter in (1) disp_form.php3, (2) disp_smileys.php3, (3) little_news.php3, and (4) index.php3 in include/.","published":"2006-10-12T22:07:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:30:51.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["phpmynews/phpmynews"],"epss":{"score":0.02755,"percentile":0.86145,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2006-10-08","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":2488,"kind":"exploit","title":"PHPMyNews 1.4 - 'cfg_include_dir' Remote File Inclusion","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2488","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/2488.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/2488.txt","published":"2006-10-08","added":"2006-10-07","updated":null,"author":"Mehmet Ince","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-30876","CVE-2006-5261","OSVDB-30875","OSVDB-30874","OSVDB-30873"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 2.8%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1720","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448015/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20396","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29401","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2488","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1720","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448015/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20396","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29401","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2488","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5261","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}