THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-5053
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2006-5053

Web News vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.2%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in webnews/template.php in Web-News 1.6.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the content_page parameter.
Affected vendor
Web News
Affected product
Web News
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2006-09-28

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 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-5053

  • Confirm whether Web News Web News is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-5053.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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