What’s Vulnerable › Vulnerabilities

CVE-2006-5209

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-10-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in admin/admin_topic_action_logging.php in Admin Topic Action Logging Mod 0.95 and earlier, as used in phpBB 2.0 up to 2.0.21, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the phpbb_root_path parameter.

Affected products

• Phpbb Group Phpbb: 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5 (+25)

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29345
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2475/
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29345
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2475/

Get alerted when CVE-2006-5209 or the next vulnerability affects your stack