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CVE-2006-5284

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-10-13 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in auth/phpbb.inc.php in Shen Cheng-Da PHP News Reader (aka pnews) 2.6.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the CFG[auth_phpbb_path] parameter.

Affected products

• Php News Reader: through 2.6.4; 2.6.2

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/22354
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20480
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4011
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29481
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2517
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22354
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20480
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4011
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29481
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2517

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