CVE-2006-5418

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-10-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in archive/archive_topic.php in pbpbb archive for search engines (SearchIndexer) (aka phpBBSEI) for phpBB allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the phpbb_root_path parameter.

Affected products

phpBB Searchindexer: all versions

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/22443
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1751
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448621/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20571
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4037
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29569
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2549
http://secunia.com/advisories/22443
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1751
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448621/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20571
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4037

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