CVE-2006-5094

MEDIUM 5.1CVE-2006-5094 · Published 29/09/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-5094 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.1) vulnerability affecting phpbb xs (phpbb xs).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.2%, higher than 88.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
phpbb xs phpbb_xs	`= 2`	No fix yet

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in includes/functions_kb.php in the phpBB XS 2 (Spain version) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the phpbb_root_path parameter, a different vector than CVE-2006-4780 or CVE-2006-4893.

References

secunia.com/advisories/22177 · Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com/securityalert/1660
nyubicrew.org/adv/solpot-adv-10.txt · Exploit
securityfocus.com/archive/1/447292/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/20251
vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3843
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29250

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