THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-0887
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2006-0887

Phplib vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.5%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
Eval injection vulnerability in sessions.inc in PHP Base Library (PHPLib) before 7.4a, when index.php3 from the PHPLib distribution is available on the server, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by including a base64-encoded representation of the code in a cookie. NOTE: this description was significantly updated on 20060605 to reflect new details after an initial vague advisory.
Affected vendor
Phplib Team
Affected product
Phplib
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2006-02-25

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-0887

  • Confirm whether Phplib Team Phplib is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-0887.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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