CVE-2006-4733

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-09-13 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in sipssys/code/box.inc.php in Haakon Nilsen simple, integrated publishing system (SIPS) 0.3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the config[sipssys] parameter. NOTE: the product's documentation recommends placing the affected file outside of the web root, so the scope of issue is limited to admins who do not, or cannot, follow this recommendation.

Affected products

Sips: through 0.3.1; 0.2.2, 0.2.4, 0.3.0, 0.3.0pl1, 0.3.0pl2

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1549
http://sips.cvs.sourceforge.net/sips/sips/sipssys/code/box.inc.php?revision=1.9&view=markup
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-February/001268.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445770/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19945
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3245
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1549
http://sips.cvs.sourceforge.net/sips/sips/sipssys/code/box.inc.php?revision=1.9&view=markup
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-February/001268.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445770/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19945
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3245

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