CVE-2006-4979

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-09-25 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Direct static code injection vulnerability in cfgphpquiz/install.php in Walter Beschmout PhpQuiz 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary PHP code in config.inc.php via modified configuration settings.

Affected products

Walter Beschmout Phpquiz: through 1.2

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/22015
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1627
http://www.morx.org/phpquiz.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446315/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20065
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3693
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28997
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2376
http://secunia.com/advisories/22015
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1627
http://www.morx.org/phpquiz.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446315/100/0/threaded

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