{
    "id": "CVE-2006-2828",
    "published": "2006-06-05 20:06:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:25:51",
    "cvss_score": "6.4",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N",
    "cwe": null,
    "description": "Global variable overwrite vulnerability in PHP-Nuke allows remote attackers to conduct remote PHP file inclusion attacks via a modified phpbb_root_path parameter to the admin scripts (1) index.php, (2) admin_ug_auth.php, (3) admin_board.php, (4) admin_disallow.php, (5) admin_forumauth.php, (6) admin_groups.php, (7) admin_ranks.php, (8) admin_styles.php, (9) admin_user_ban.php, (10) admin_words.php, (11) admin_avatar.php, (12) admin_db_utilities.php, (13) admin_forum_prune.php, (14) admin_forums.php, (15) admin_mass_email.php, (16) admin_smilies.php, (17) admin_ug_auth.php, and (18) admin_users.php, which overwrites $phpbb_root_path when the import_request_variables function is executed after $phpbb_root_path has been initialized to a static value.",
    "epss_score": "0.02525",
    "epss_percentile": "0.84362",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-06 18:17:04",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "php-nuke",
            "product": "ev"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "1866",
            "title": "PHP-Nuke 7.9 Final - 'phpbb_root_path' Remote File Inclusions",
            "date": "2006-06-02",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1866"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1040",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435407/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435611/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435705/100/0/threaded",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27368",
        "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1040",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435407/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435611/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435705/100/0/threaded",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27368"
    ]
}