CVE-2006-5234

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 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: 2006-10-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in phpWebSite 0.10.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the PHPWS_SOURCE_DIR parameter in (1) init.php, (2) users.php, (3) Cookie.php, (4) forms.php, (5) Groups.php, (6) ModSetting.php, (7) Calendar.php, (8) DateTime.php, (9) core.php, (10) ImgLibrary.php, (11) Manager.php, and (12) Template.php, and (13) EZform.php. NOTE: CVE disputes this report, since "PHPWS_SOURCE_DIR" is defined as a constant, not accessed as a variable

Affected products

Phpwebsite: 0.10.2

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1716
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-October/001079.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448098/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448307/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20412
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1716
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-October/001079.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448098/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448307/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20412

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