CVE-2006-5191

MEDIUM 5.1CVE-2006-5191 · Published 10/10/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-5191 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.1) vulnerability affecting phpbb (phpbb).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.1%, higher than 87.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
phpbb phpbb	`≤ 1.0`	No fix yet

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in includes/functions_static_topics.php in the Nivisec Static Topics module for phpBB 1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the phpbb_root_path parameter.

References

secunia.com/advisories/22269 · Vendor Advisory
nivisec.com/article.php
osvdb.org/29506
securityfocus.com/bid/20353 · Exploit
vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3916 · Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29347
exploit-db.com/exploits/2477

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

phpbb

≤ 1.0

No fix yet

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