CVE-2006-2487

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-05-19 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in ScozNews 1.2.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the CONFIG[main_path] parameter in (1) functions.php, (2) template.php, (3) news.php, (4) help.php, (5) mail.php, (6) Admin/admin_cats.php, (8) Admin/admin_edit.php, (9) Admin/admin_import.php, and (10) Admin/admin_templates.php. NOTE: this might be resultant from a variable overwrite issue.

Affected products

Scoznet Scoznews: through 1.2.1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/20156
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016491
http://www.osvdb.org/25616
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439969/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18027
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1847
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26520
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27717
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1800
http://secunia.com/advisories/20156
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016491
http://www.osvdb.org/25616

Get alerted when CVE-2006-2487 or the next vulnerability affects your stack