THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-6661
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2006-6661

Php Update vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
6.6%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
Variable overwrite vulnerability in blog.php in PHP-Update 2.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary program variables and execute arbitrary PHP code via multiple vectors that use the extract function, as demonstrated by the (1) f, (2) newmessage, (3) newusername, (4) adminuser, and (5) permission parameters.
Affected vendor
Php Update
Affected product
Php Update
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2006-12-20

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 6.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-6661

  • Confirm whether Php Update Php Update is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-6661.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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