CVE-2006-5497

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-10-25 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in themes/program/themesettings.inc.php in Segue CMS 1.5.8 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the themesdir parameter.

Affected products

Middlebury College Segue Cms: through 1.5.7

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/22491
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=625467
http://www.osvdb.org/29904
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20640
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4122
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29692
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2600
http://secunia.com/advisories/22491
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=625467
http://www.osvdb.org/29904
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20640
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4122

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