CVE-2006-5180 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 2.6% (pctl 85)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in include/main.inc.php in Sebastian Baumann and Philipp Wolfer Newswriter SW 1.42 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the NWCONF_SYSTEM[server_path] parameter, a different vector than CVE-2006-5102.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 2.64% — more likely to be exploited than 85% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-10-10 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| baumedia | newswriter |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Newswriter SW 1.4.2 - 'main.inc.php' Remote File Inclusion | 2006-09-27 |
References
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