CVE-2006-5191

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-10-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in includes/functions_static_topics.php in the Nivisec Static Topics module for phpBB 1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the phpbb_root_path parameter.

Affected products

phpBB: through 1.0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/22269
http://www.nivisec.com/article.php?l=vi&ar=20
http://www.osvdb.org/29506
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20353
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3916
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29347
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2477/
http://secunia.com/advisories/22269
http://www.nivisec.com/article.php?l=vi&ar=20
http://www.osvdb.org/29506
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20353
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3916

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