CVE-2006-5261

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: 2006-10-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in PHPMyNews 1.4 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the cfg_include_dir parameter in (1) disp_form.php3, (2) disp_smileys.php3, (3) little_news.php3, and (4) index.php3 in include/.

Affected products

Phpmynews: through 1.4

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1720
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448015/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20396
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29401
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2488
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1720
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448015/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20396
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29401
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2488

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