CVE-2006-3053

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-06-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in common.php in PHORUM 5.1.13 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the PHORUM[http_path] parameter. NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the vendor, who states "common.php is checked on the very first line of non-comment code that it is not being called directly. It has been this way in all 5.x version of Phorum." CVE analysis concurs with the vendor

Affected products

Phorum: through 5.1.13; 3.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.1_pre, 3.1.1_rc2, 3.1.1a, 3.1.2 (+37)

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1103
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436863/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437988/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16977
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27064
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1103
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436863/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437988/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16977
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27064

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